GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
KOHLBERG
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Question
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To provide evidence that moral development changes from one culture to the next.
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To provide evidence for Piaget’s theory of moral development.
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To provide further support for his own view of moral development.
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To find out if people at stage 6 go through stage 5 or whether these are two alternate orientations (H/C).
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Detailed explanation-1: -He wanted to find out how people decide what is right and what is wrong. Just as Piaget believed that children’s cognitive development follows specific patterns, Kohlberg (1984) argued that we learn our moral values through active thinking and reasoning, and that moral development follows a series of stages.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stage 5: Individuals employ abstract reasoning to justify behaviors. The man should steal the drug because laws can be unjust, and you have to consider the whole situation. Stage 6: Moral behavior is based on self-chosen ethical principles. The man should steal the drug because life is more important than property.
Detailed explanation-3: -At stage 5, people begin to ask, “What makes for a good society?” They begin to think about society in a very theoretical way, stepping back from their own society and considering the rights and values that a society ought to uphold. They then evaluate existing societies in terms of these prior considerations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stage 6: Universal ethical principle orientation According to Kohlberg, this is the highest stage of functioning. However, he claimed that some individuals will never reach this level. At this stage, the appropriate action is determined by one’s self-chosen ethical principles of conscience.