National Academy For Moral Development

      T he highest form of morality is said to consist of judgments that are based on internalized principles of justice, and the central question of moral development theory is how individuals develop internalized controls over behavior  (Wilson, 1983) . In the world of psychology, the tests of the stage concept have shown that morally mature people generally show greater consistency and greater ability to disregard situational factors than do amoral individuals. And on the other hand the inhibitions with regard to cheating are greater for the morally mature, less for those who are highly allegiant, and far less for the amoral, whose behavior is clearly contingent upon punishment, rewards, group status, and obligations  (Wilson, 1983) . There is a study which is undertaken by Professor Adrian Beck and Matt Hopkins from the University of Leicester in England  (Deccan Herald, 2016) . The study says that the use of self-service lanes and smartphone apps to make purchases generated a lo

A  small  story  which  beautifully  illustrates that  what  you  sow,  you  reap. " Once  upon  a  time  there  was  a  small time  business  man  from  a  small  village who  used  to  sell butter  in  the  nearby town.  A  big  shop  owner  in  the  town  was his  regular  customer. The  villager  used  to  deliver  every  month the  shop  owner  the  required  butter  in  1 Kg.  Blocks  and  in turn  he  used  to  get grocery  items  like  sugar,  pulses  etc  from the  big  shop  owner. Once  the  shop  owner  decided  to  weigh the  butter  and  to  his  surprise  every  block of  butter weighed  900  gms.  instead  of  1kg. Next  month  when  the  villager  came  to supply   Butter,  the  shop  owner  was  very angry  at  him  and told  to  leave  the  shop, to  this  the  villager  replied  him  courteously " Sir,  I  am  a  very  poor  villager, I  don't  have  enough  money  to  even  buy the  required  weights  for  weighing  the butter,  I  usually  put t