STAGES OF MORAL REASONING - THE CONCEPT A ND REST METHOD DIT

Introduction into methodology of moral reasoning, esp. represented by the Kohlberg's theory, and methods of james Rest are presented. With r espect to continuing cross-cultural verifications of the main issues a s so as to the possible effect of historical/political experience in t he post-communist countries, the pilot study (104 adolescents and youn g adults, in four groups) was realized. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences between groups in prae-, conventional and post -conventional reasoning, not in ''advanced conventional'' ones. Gratui tous blood doners scored highest in items/stories with individual valu es, the young religious group in items/stories subsumed as social''. D iscussion of the forms of evaluative procedures (P % or other forms) l eaning to the results obtained is aimed to the perspectives of further international collaboration in this area, which is highly actual now.