Morality and Religion Among Adolescents

Walker's Theory

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  • Focused on William James' third criteria of religious experience from The Varieties of Religious Experience; moral helpfulness
  • Explores the connection between morality and religion
  • Had people he and his colleagues interviewed recall real-life moral dilemmas, and explain how they overcame their dilemma
  • Had to  recall a recent conflict, and the most difficult conflict
  • Found that most people used religion provided a frame work for morality while others saw morality embedded in religion