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This informative and readable small text on moral development introduces the psychiatrist to a much broader view of conscience and its sources than is provided by the structural view elaborated in Freud's “Ego and the Id” and extended in “Civilization and its Discontents” or elaborated in Post (1972). The text is divided into two parts: (1) Theories of moral development, seven chapters and (2) Applications in education and counseling, four chapters. The 60 percent of the book that encompasses the theories is the essential part of the book for psychiatrists, although the application effort is enlightening.
The introductory chapter is an orientation to the book chapter by chapter. The last chapter addresses the question of how to live. The author offers her own view based on what is known about morality. She encourages others to do the same. She is of the opinion that students come to college with a view that there is a simplistic view of right and wrong and are moved to a relativistic position, “that is just your opinion,” but come to understand that not all opinions are equal, as some are based on better evidence than others, but hopefully remain open