Kohlberg’s Moral Development Psych/500 October 14‚ 2012 Is it morally acceptable to steal food from the wealthy to feed the poor? This was the type of question Lawrence Kohlberg‚ an American-born Harvard Professor‚ would ask of his research subjects. Dr. Kohlberg was fascinated by the cognitive development work proposed by Swiss theorist Jean Piaget (Long‚ n.d.). “Kohlberg’s work aids both our understanding of the ways in which individuals make moral decisions‚ and demands that we use a
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Describe and evaluate two theories of moral development. This essay will demonstrate the explanation and the evaluation of two different theories of moral development. Moral development is related to behavior‚ and psychologists mean by moral behavior is that the judgment of person. Jean Piaget is the most renowned psychologist for his work on moral development. However‚ his theory was limited and not developed as Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory‚ but Piaget made a favour for Kohlberg by provided
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Moral Minima In the article “Some Moral Minima‚” Lee E. Goodman goes into depth in what he describes and defines to believe are four large acts of moral dilemma that are present in our society today. “(1) Genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking. And child warriors; (3) slavery‚ Polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ 2010‚ pg 88) The four truths are described in detail and various ways when it comes to each cultures
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Chapter 2 Case Study: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gates’ personality traits are for each of the Big Five Dimensions? Compare the two. Answer: Traits are distinguishing features‚ or characteristics or properties of an individual. The chapter discusses the Big Five Model of Personality traits and uses it as an accepted guide to classify personalities. Both Bill and Melinda Gates possessed various aspects of each category listed within the realm
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Moral Development According to Life Span (2006)‚ moral development requires a complex interweaving of emotions‚ cognitions‚ and behaviors (Broderick & Blewitt‚ 2006‚ p. 221). There are two major theories of moral development: Piaget ’s and Kohlberg ’s. These two are similar in that they are both stage theories related to cognitive development‚ but Kohlberg sees moral development as a more complex and longer process than Piaget ’s theory. Piaget ’s two-stage model proposes a premoral period where
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The case study outlines a story about a lethargic and stuporous patient with a diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. He has no family members‚ but did have one friend visit him all day‚ every day from home. In a few days‚ the staff found out that the friend has growing dementia. The main ethical dilemma here is the lack of a capable person to make the decision about the patient’s medical condition. The solution to the problem should be based on the best interest of the patient. In hospital setting
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Dieters Dilemma Dieting has to be one of the most controversial topics‚ many people diet. There are so many different types of diets out there who knows what to pick when deciding. There are many factors that go into it like how much weight you want to lose‚ how many days is the diet‚ what types of food do you need to eat‚ is the diet healthy for you and effective? Diets these days are so crazy who knows what to pick when deciding‚ dieters need to be more educated about the certain
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Parents Dillemma The case of the "savior sibling" that ocurred in 2006 created worldwide controversy when a swiss couple traveled to Belgium where a procedure called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis or PGD could be legally performed. The parents of the six year old boy who suffered from a life-threatening immune compromising disease had exhausted all other available options.They were now forced to be "medical tourists" ‚ travelling to a nation that legally allowed PGD. The moral and ethical issues
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Ethical Dilemma for the Corruption of an Officer Abstract This article discusses the Criminal Justice System Employees‚ whose careers ended in dismissal‚ and or termination‚ forced resignation‚ or early retirement. I have selected random samples of misconduct within the criminal justice system. We will view the criminal justice system and their misconduct due to corruption‚ brutality‚ and drug-relations in adjunction to police officers involvement. Police corruption
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In the short story “The Domestic Dilemma‚” by Carson McCullers‚ she uses multiple literary devices to depict a family that is both compassionate as well as suffering. She portrays the father Martin as the caring‚ understanding and responsible parent that is keeping the family together. She then portrays the mother‚ Emily‚ as the troublesome drunk because of having to adapt to new scenery. The story is about the martial problems between these two and the decisions Martin is left to face. When there
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