Written by Victor Hugo after the French Revolution‚ Les Misérables is a story that examines the many levels of social injustice in nineteenth-century France. Its protagonist‚ Jean Valjean‚ is central to the understanding of this injustice. Sentenced to 19 years in prison for committing a petty crime‚ Valjean comes to observe the law as an arbitrary force lacking in compassion and equality. However‚ Valjean’s view is fanatically contradicted by Inspector Javert‚ a man whose commitment to the law
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The Gilligan-Kohlberg Moral Theory Controversy Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ as a field of intellectual inquiry developed in the west for well over two thousand years with minimal input from women. Women’s voices have been virtually absent from western ethics until this century. The absence of female voices has meant that the moral concerns of men have preoccupied traditional western ethics‚ the moral perspectives of men have shaped its methods and concepts‚ and male biases against women have
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Love is a flame‚ easily snuffed out but just as easily rekindled. Flames are capable of eternally living‚ similar to love. The power of love is sometimes underestimated. In his novel Les Misérables‚ Victor Hugo demonstrates what love can really do for a person. Love is explored throughout the novel in several different ways. Hugo’s theme is that love should be shown to all‚ even if the receiver does not seem worthy‚ as shown through his character’s lives. Love has the power to redeem anyone. When
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Character Analysis of Hugo’s Javert Hugo’s character Javert sees anyone who may have commit a crime as simple as the theft of a loaf of bread as a social malefactor‚ a blight on all of society‚ a prime evil who needs to be eliminated‚ removed from the general population‚ and a devil that can be neither reformed nor tamed. Javert is the true rationalist. Like Medieval philosophers‚ he believes that people will naturally resort to evil‚ and that these people can never be saved or reformed. Javert
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Kohlberg Lawrence Kohlberg believed he could explain the development of moral reasoning through three levels that covered six stages of development. The levels started by measuring basic moral milestones and went through the highest forms or moral character. He believed you went through the stages in order and although you could temporarily revert back to a stage that you primarily functioned in one stage. After I looked at the different stages of Kohlberg’s theory I can almost pinpoint when
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Les Miserables at its most basic is the story of Jean Valjean. He lived with his sister and her family in extreme poverty in France after the French Revolution. In one act of desperation he broke a window and stole a loaf of bread. His sentence was lengthened by multiple escape attempts until he was finally released 19 years later. His hardness and bitterness increased by the response he got when he was required to show his papers at each new town he visited‚ resulting in lower pay and refusal of
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Lawrence Kohlberg | Born | 25 October 1927 | Died | 19 January 1987 (aged 59) | Cause of death | Suicide | Nationality | American | Alma mater | University of Chicago (earned bachelor ’s degree in one year) | Occupation | Psychologist | Known for | Lawrence Kohlberg ’s stages of moral development | Lawrence Kohlberg (October 25‚ 1927 – January 19‚ 1987) was a psychologist. Born in Bronxville‚ New York‚ he was the son of Alfred Kohlberg‚ a Jewish man‚ and of his second wife‚ Charlotte
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Les Misérables: Critique of a Servant-Leader Stacey L. Jones Gonzaga University – ORGL530‚ Section B1 – Servant Leadership [Spring 2013] April 20‚ 2013 Introduction The story of Les Misérables has been told many times and in many ways‚ including a novel by Victor Hugo‚ the Broadway production‚ and on the big screen in 2012. The story centers around Jean Valjean‚ a man who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing bread for his sister and her family who were starving; Fantine‚ an unwed
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Our moral compass is the driving force for everything we do or don’t do. Even things we say or don’t say. We make decisions daily based on our moral values. In turn they shape the world we live in. In this presentation we aim to present Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development. Using investigations‚ observations and case studies will further explain Kohlberg’s Three Levels and Six Stages of Moral Development. The goal is to prove Kohlberg’s theory is still relevant to our world today. Moral development
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about fostering moral character in children and forming responsible citizens. Controversy often accompanies these interests because adults do not always agree about what moral character is or how to cultivate it. Does a person with moral character support societal traditions; much like a tribal leader does‚ or challenges them‚ as did Jesus and Martin Luther King Jr.? What exactly do children need to learn in order to be engaged citizens? Further‚ do children develop moral character through exhortation
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