Culture and Moral Development Another criticism of Kohlberg’s view is that it is culturally based. A review of research on moral development in 27 countries concluded that moral reasoning is more culture-specific than Kohlberg envisioned and that Kohlberg’s scoring system does not recognize higher-level moral reasoning in certain cultural groups (Snarey‚ 1987). Examples of higher-level moral reasoning that would not be scored as such by Kohlberg’s system include values related to communal
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ENN103F – Assignment 1 Section A: (1) No‚ the affirmative action policy is not morally defensible. This policy is “unsettling‚ needless and discriminating”. This policy is based on race‚ gender and physical abilities rather than the socioeconomic status of a person. Thus it does not matter whether you have the higher/better qualification‚ if you do not have the correct race/gender or if you are not disabled. According to this policy the basic discrimination is justified by looking back
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Moral Courage Given our already stated definition of "moral courage" as (the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement) several instances can be found throughout history of the use (or lack of) moral courage to influence the decisions impacting the significant events of the world. Our first demonstration of the lack of moral courage can be found during the Holocaust‚ in which Jewish men masqueraded in Hitler’s army and willingly took part in the
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Moral courage is a concept means doing the right thing‚ it means listening to conscience that what does it saying. Standing on what believe. Moral courage has three major elements witch are principle‚ endurance and danger. it means moral courage and doing right things make us in the risk‚ we may face fear and danger for example with losing o job and security‚ reputation or etc. But falling in the risk is not matter because we follow our conscience and it is important because I believe that conscience
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Throughout history‚ many groups have tried to influence politics for countless numbers of reasons. Many of whom are fed up with the system either because they find that the system that is bias and supports the rich‚ or it goes against their personal values and ideals‚ upon other reasons. This led to people wanting to shape politics through elections‚ interest groups‚ and social movements. The United States pride itself on giving its citizens the right to choose their representatives and leaders
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Moral Dilemma Moral dilemma is defined as a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each action. In other words‚ it means that you have to choose between equally undesirable alternatives. It is also defined as a situation in which the person making the decision experiences a conflict between the moral rightness of a decision and the quality of the results it produces. As human beings‚ we are constantly in the middle
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there is no moral or legal consequence. Folkways in the United States consist of supporting school activities‚ speaking to other students in the hall‚ and if male‚ removing hats in church. In society today we find people who always wear shorts with a suit or who talk loudly odd but society doesn’t consider them immoral. However if someone has obnoxious behavior at a party after excessive drinking can bring in strong negative reactions from others. Mores are strict norms that control moral and ethical
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Affirmative Action in the Workplace When you think of affirmative action in the workplace do you think of equal rights for all‚ or just equal rights for minorities. Affirmative action is the extent to which employers make an effort through their personal practices to attract retain‚ and upgrade members of the protected classes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ (Bernardin & Russell 2013). In easier terms affirmative action is known to be the equal opportunity measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors
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MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Moral responsibility is directed not only at judgments concerning right or wrong. Sometimes‚ they are directed at determining whether a person or organization is morally responsible for having done something wrong. Here we are discussing ‘Moral Responsibilty’ as a term which is used to express that a person is to blame for an action. A person is morally responsible only for those acts and their foreseen injurious effects which
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Jane decided to look at the wallet again. While she was waiting ‚ she counts the money. There were two $10 notes. Jane was saving money for a new Barbie‚ and adding this amount to her savings would be enough to make a purchase . Now Jane has a moral dilemma: to tell her mom about the finding‚ so she can look for the owner‚ or‚ take the money and don ’t return the wallet. In this case‚ Jane already knows what is right‚ and what is wrong. She is concerned about taking the money that does not belong
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