• Freud's morality and the superego: Sigmund Freud suggested people developed morally when they set aside their selfish needs for the values of important socialising agents (e.g. parents)
• Piaget's theory of moral development: Jean Piaget theorised that moral development unfolds over certain stages as children learn to adopt moral behaviours for their own sake.
• B.F. Skinner's behavioural theory focused on the power of external forces, such as praise and the desire for positive attention.
• Lawrence Kohlberg's moral reasoning consisted of six stages of moral development.

Some people believe morality is personal, while ethics refer to the standards of a community.

Both laws and morals regulate behaviour in a community. Both have firm foundations in the idea that everyone should have autonomy and have respec...