Understanding Moral Psychology and Moral Education through the Lens of the Philosophy of Science

Abstract

This article focuses on discussion concerning moral psychology and

moral education from the philosophy of science standpoint. The

theoretical model of Lakatos' program in the field of the philosophy of

science is introduced and the structure of moral psychology and moral

education is analyzed and evaluated by using Lakatos' scientific

research program as a theoretical framework. The article begins with a

review of the theoretical background of the philosophy of science, then

continues by analyzing and evaluating the structure of moral

psychology by using a theoretical framework from the philosophy of

science, and then considers the case of moral education. The authors

conclude with a brief description of significant directions for the

introduction of the natural sciences, such as neuroscience and

sociobiology, into moral psychology and moral education.