Instruments
The Moral Judgment Interview (MJI).
This test is a production-task (oral interview)
measure of stage level or moral judgment
(Golby et al., in press). The interview entails
a minimum core of 21 questions probing
subjects' reasoning regarding three moral
dilemmas, one set of three dilemmas for
each form (A or B) of the test. An example is
the first dilemma of form A, depicting a man
named Heinz who must decide whether to
break the law and steal an exorbitantly
priced drug in order to save his dying wife's
life. Subjects' responses are rated in terms of
Kohlberg's (1976) six-stage typology. Two
types of overall protocol ratings are derived
from justificatory responses to the dilemmas.
One index, the Moral Maturity Score (MMS),
entails a scale with a range from 100 (pure
Stage 1) to 500 (pure Stage 5). The other
index. Global Stage score, is psychometrically
less differentiated, involving a 13-point
scale that includes the identification of pure,
major, and minor stages, that is. Stage 1,
Transition 1(2), Transition 2(1), and so on, up
to and including Stage 5.