Sanctions based upon emotional well-being or upon self-esteem are insufficient for motivating consistent moral behaviour, and they reduce ultimately to hedonism. This is also the case even in the hypothetical event that all moral action results in heightened self-esteem, and all immoral action results in lower self-esteem.If a teacher respects the uniqueness of a child his/her moral judgment is also high. Higher self-esteem leads to greater likelihood of moral judgment.