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James R. Rest

Researcher at University of Minnesota

Publications -  43
Citations -  10977

James R. Rest is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Moral development & Defining Issues Test. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 43 publications receiving 10618 citations.

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Moral Development: Advances in Research and Theory

James R. Rest
TL;DR: The authors evaluated the Defining Issues Test (DIT) developed by Rest and his coworkers and found that formal education is correlated with moral judgment; there is evidence for Kohlberg's higher stages; moral education programs produce modest gains, and, there are no sex differences.
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Postconventional Moral Thinking: A Neo-kohlbergian Approach

TL;DR: The authors proposed a Neo-Kohlbergian approach based on the DIT Validity and Reliability Studies of DIT New Issues, New Theory, New Findings Stages or Schemas? Integrating With the Domain Approach Integrating with the Cultural Psychology Approach Summary Appendices: The ATHRI Services and Materials Available From the Minnesota Center
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Moral Development in the Professions : Psychology and Applied Ethics

TL;DR: This book discusses Moral Reasoning in Medicine, College Teaching and Student Moral Development, and Tracking the Moral Development of Journalists: A Look at Them and Their Work.
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DIT2: Devising and testing a revised instrument of moral judgment.

TL;DR: The Denning Issues Test, Version 2 (DIT2) as discussed by the authors has been used for over 25 years and is an improvement over the original Defining Issues Test (DIT1) of moral judgment, and purges fewer participants for doubtful response reliability.