Morality or Murder in In Cold Blood

Parents directly influence a child's morals and values through emulation of parental conduct (Lickona 21). The moral guidance we offer to them is added up and imitated by what they see (Coles 7). I believe that morality is the result of a triad of developmental qualities. Our emotional development makes us feel guilty when we do wrong. We experience social development that results in specific actions toward others and, finally, we gain cognitive development that permits us …

… striving for worthy goals. Emotional problems arise from being purposeless" (Victor Frankl, 1970). Bibliography Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 1994. Coles, Robert. The Moral Intelligence of Children. New York: Random House, 1997. Frankl, Victor. "Quote of the Day." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 1998 ed. CD-ROM. Cambridge, MA: The Learning Company, Inc., 1998. Lickona, Thomas. Raising Good Children. New York: Bantam Books, 1983. Neumann, Erich. The Child. Boston: Random House, 1990.