Is there a linear development of moral feelings and judgments during childhood? Through the behavior and rule awareness of playing children, Jean Piaget attempts to demonstrate that a fundamental shift occurs from an authoritarian to a democratic moral code, provided this process is not disrupted. Piaget discusses in detail the various aspects and conditions of this moral transformation, which is of significant social importance. The question of age-appropriate development of moral judgment serves as the interface for the possibility of individual autonomy and the democratic social order in this concept.