alleryPiaget saw which relationships as the key source of moral ideas such as equality and reciprocity?
ARelations with parents
BRelations with teachers
CRelations with peers
DRelations with elders
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Relations with peers
1. Piaget distinguished relationships of constraint from relationships of cooperation.
2. Adult and child relations are unequal: knowledge passes by social transmission and stays fixed.
3. Peer relations are more equal, so children can argue, compare views and defend their own.
4. In such cooperative relations knowledge stays open and is regulated by argument, not by an outside authority.
5. Piaget held that morality grows from this peer interaction, independent of authority mandates.
6. So peers, not parents, are the key source of ideas like equality, reciprocity and justice.
**Why the other options fail:**
- Parents, teachers and elders all hold power over the child, which Piaget linked to constraint rather than to moral understanding.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Jean Piaget", section "Morality" (revision 1371941987)_
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