Chart 5: The Self-Related Stages of Morals and Perspectives
Chart 5: The Self-Related Stages of Morals and Perspectives
Fourteen researchers of moral development and perspective-taking, across three sub-parts (5A, 5B, 5C in the source). Two of the source pages (037 and 039) turn out to repeat data already reconstructed on Chart 1 — the worldviews table and the moral-span/fulcrum table respectively — so this page adds only the new columns those pages introduce (Peck; Selman and Gilligan) rather than re-transcribing what's already there.
Transcribed and cross-checked against the source page images
(library/2000-integral-psychology-images/00034.jpg-00039.jpg); draft, not yet
independently verified by a second pass.
Kohlberg and Torbert
| Level | Structure | Kohlberg (moral judgment) | Torbert (levels of action-inquiry) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantasmic-emotional | Symbol | 0. Magic wish | 1. Impulsive |
| Rep-mind | Endocept | — | — |
| Concept | |||
| Conop | Rule/role, early | 1. Punishment/obedience | 2. Opportunist |
| Rule/role, late | 2. Naive hedonism | — | |
| Formop | Formal, early | 3. Approval of others | 3. Diplomat |
| Formal, late | 4. Law and order | 4. Technician | |
| Postformal (transition) | — | 4/5. Transition | 5. Achiever |
| Postformal | Vision-logic, early | 5. Prior rights/social contract | 6. Existential |
| Vision-logic, middle | 6. Universal ethical | 7. Ironist (transcendental) | |
| Psychic | Early (vision) | 7. Universal spiritual | — |
Blanchard-Fields, Kitchener & King, Kramer, and Perry
Four independent numbered sequences, not the basic-structures spine — banded together by rough correspondence.
| Rough band | Blanchard-Fields (socioemotional development) | Kitchener & King (reflective judgment) | Deirdre Kramer (social-cognitive stages) | William Perry (self-outlook) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earliest | 1. One perspective | 1. Concrete category | 1. Undifferentiation | 1. Dualistic |
| Early | 2. Dualist-absolutist | 2. Representational relations | 2. Preformism | 2. Early multiplicity |
| Middle | 3. Multiple outcomes; 4. Early multiple perspectives | 3. Personal impressions; 4. Abstractions | 3. Formism/mechanism; 4. Static relativism, pluralism | 3/4. Multiplicity |
| Later | 5. Multiple perspectives | 5. Relativism, contextualism | 5. Static systems | 5. Relativism, pluralism, commitment: early |
| Most advanced | 6. Integrative multiple perspectives | 6. Early synthesis; 7. Synthesis | 6. Dynamic relativism, contextualism; 7. Dynamic dialecticism ("integration of cultural and historical systems into evolving social structures") | 6/7. Early; 8/9. Middle, late |
Turner/Powell and Armon
Back to the basic-structures spine.
| Level | Structure | Turner/Powell (social role-taking) | Cheryl Armon (stages of the good) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rep-mind | Symbol / Endocept | Identificatory / Nonreflexive | — |
| Conop | Rule/role, early | Identificatory reflexive | 1. Radical egoism |
| Rule/role, late | 3rd party, nonreflexive | 2. Instrumental egoism | |
| Formop | Formal, early | 3rd party, reflexive | 3. Affective mutuality |
| Formal, late | Interactive effect | 4. Individuality | |
| Postformal (transition) | — | Interactive | 4/5. Subjective relativism |
| Postformal | Vision-logic, early | Empathy | 5. Autonomy |
| Vision-logic, middle | Social genius | 6. Universal holism |
Peck's moral motivation, against the worldview stages
This source page repeats Chart 1's worldview column in full (archaic through nondual) — not re-transcribed here. Peck's four categories correlate against it as follows:
| Peck (moral motivation) | Corresponding worldview stage(s) |
|---|---|
| Amoral-impulsive | Archaic, archaic-magical, magical |
| Expedient-self-protective | Magic-mythic |
| Conformist (irrational-conscientious) | Mythic-rational, formalism |
| Rational-altruistic | Pluralistic-relativism, holistic-integralism |
Howe, Rawls, Buel, and Piaget
Back to the basic-structures spine.
| Level | Structure | Howe (moral character) | Rawls (moral positions) | Buel (moral stages) | Piaget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantasmic-emotional | Impulse/emotion | Physical | — | — | — |
| Image | — | ||||
| Symbol | Anomy | Anomy | |||
| Rep-mind | Endocept | Power-dependent | Morality of authority | — | — |
| Concept | — | — | — | Heteronomy | |
| Conop | Rule/role, early | — | — | — | Heteronomy |
| Rule/role, late | Rule-governed | — | — | Socionomy | |
| Formop | Formal, early | — | Morality of association | — | — |
| Formal, late | Goal-oriented | — | — | Autonomy | |
| Postformal (transition) | — | — | Morality of principles | Autonomy | — |
| Postformal | Vision-logic, early | Value-oriented | — | — | — |
Selman and Gilligan, against the fulcrums
This source page repeats Chart 1's "moral span" fulcrum column in full — not re-transcribed here. Selman and Gilligan correlate against the same F-1–F-9 fulcrum spine used there and in Chart 4.
| Fulcrum | Selman (role-taking) | Gilligan (female hierarchy of moral stages) |
|---|---|---|
| F-1 | 0. Egocentric | Selfish |
| F-2 | 1. Early role-taking | — |
| F-3 | 2. Reflective roles | — |
| F-4 | 3. Mutual role-taking, perspectivism | Care |
| F-5 | 4. Individual role | Universal care |
| F-6 | 5. Symbolic interaction | Hierarchical-integrative |
See Also
- Lawrence Kohlberg — the central figure in this chart's first table
- Chart 1: Wilber Correlations — the worldview and moral-span data this chart's Peck and Selman/Gilligan tables build on
- Chart 4: Self-Related Stages — shares the F-1–F-9 fulcrum spine with this chart's last table
