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Moral Motivation from the Perspective of the Self-Determination Theory and the Person-Object Theory of Interest

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Handbook of Moral Motivation

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Many researchers working in the tradition of Kohlberg’s theoretical approach to morality have shared his central hypothesis that moral judgment and moral behaviour are closely related. (cf. Kohlberg & Candee, 1984).

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Krapp, A. (2013). Moral Motivation from the Perspective of the Self-Determination Theory and the Person-Object Theory of Interest. In: Handbook of Moral Motivation. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_8

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