CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -a story about an ethical dilemma faced by a character named Heinz that was used by Lawrence Kohlberg to assess the moral reasoning skills of those he asked to respond to it. Having exhausted every other possibility, Heinz must decide whether to steal an expensive drug that offers the only hope of saving his dying wife.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stage 1. The child assumes that powerful authorities hand down a fixed set of rules which he or she must unquestioningly obey. To the Heinz dilemma, the child typically says that Heinz was wrong to steal the drug because “It’s against the law, ” or “It’s bad to steal, ” as if this were all there were to it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Everyone has a right to choose life, regardless of the law. The scientist has a right to fair compensation. Even if his wife is sick, it does not make his actions right. Saving a human life is a more fundamental value than the property rights of another person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now, to solve this Heinz’s dilemma, the thinker has three options. Heinz should not steal the drug because it is the disobedience of law. Heinz can steal the drug but should be punished by the law. Heinz can steal the drug and no law should punish him.