Non Religious Ideas - Kohlberg

Question 1

Heinz dilemma

Answer 1

Cannot afford drug for dying family member - 3 options
- stela drug and dont go to prison (tried everything prior, stealing was last resort - post conventional)
- shouldn’t steal drug since go to jail (pre-conventional)
-steal drug and go to prison (conventional)

Question 2

Stages of development of the conscious

Answer 2

Lvl 1. Pre-con (3-7)
Need to avoid punishment and obtain reward
Lvl 2. Conventional (8-13)
Belong and be accepted and obey rules and regulations
Lvl 3. Post-con (adulthood)
Make and keep promises and live moral imperatives

Lvl 1. Punishment and obedience orientated, obey rules and avoid punishment
Naive hedonism - conform to get rewards and favours returned

Lvl 2. Good boy/girl morality, confirms to avoid disapproval from others and avoid punishment from auth.

Lvl 3. Conform to maintain community ties - emphasis individual rights, individual principle of conscience, everyone has right to life and equal right to treatment so steal drug

Can see con. Developing and deciding

Kohlberg reached and tested conics. By moral dilemmas, methods was to test moral reasoning by which inds reach their decisions in these dilemmas
In typical dilemma - needs of 2 inds. Conflict so either by acting/ not acting. = neg impact for one party
Solving dilemma - ind forced to imagine cons. Of diff. Courses of actions

Question 3

Criticism

Answer 3

Based on all male sample, stages reflect a male def. Of morality
Mens morality based on abstract principles of law and justice
Women’s based on compassion and care
Subjective
Not many people capable of reaching post- con

Question 4

Strengths

Answer 4

Con is consistent and universable - strongly rational account of con. - capable of reaching such Lvl of thought

If all reached highest lvl of con, Soc would be kanthan utopia where everyone looks after each other