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While Kohlberg broke new ground by defining moral behavior as behavior guided by internal moral orientations and by emphasizing the neglected structural aspect of moral behavior, in his methodology he relied on mainstream external scoring techniques which clearly contradict his theory.
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Lind, G., Nowak, E. (2015). Kohlberg’s Unnoticed Dilemma —The External Assessment of Internal Moral Competence?. In: Zizek, B., Garz, D., Nowak, E. (eds) Kohlberg Revisited. Moral Development and Citizenship Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-079-6_8
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