how moral are you?
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How Moral are you?. By Jessica Jancose and Ketan Jain-Poster. Background. Morals: attitudes and beliefs that help people decide what is right and wrong Influenced by culture, parental influences and peer influences Humans are born without morals. H ypothesis. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By Jessica Jancose and Ketan Jain-Poster
HOW MORAL ARE YOU?
Morals: attitudes and beliefs that help people decide what is right and wrong
Influenced by culture, parental influences and peer influences
Humans are born without morals
BACKGROUND
Lawrence Kohlberg built off of Jean Piaget’s workQuestion: “How does the amoral infant become
capable of moral reasoning?”Hypothesis: Human ability to make moral judgments
develops in a predictable way – specific stages
HYPOTHESIS
1) Each stage is uniquely different2) Stages always occur in same step-by-step
sequence3) Children comprehend all stages below their own
THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS
Interviewed young boys of varying ages (10,13,16) 10 hypothetical moral dilemmas The Heinz Dilemma The Brother’s Dilemma
METHOD
10 year old boys’ responses focused on what was best for the individual
13 year old boys’ responses focused on considering relationship roles
16 year old boys’ responses focused on individual needs vs. society
WHAT THE BOYS SAID….
Discovered six stages of moral development, six types of motives to explain reasoning
Categorized into 3 “moral levels”: Premoral Level- Egocentrism and personal interests Level 2- Recognition of one’s role in relationship Level 3- Own views on morality and judgment
RESULTS
Level 1 – Premoral Level
Stage One Punishment and obedience orientation
Stage Two Satisfaction of one’s own needs defines what is good
Level 2 –Conventional Role-ConformityStage Three What pleases others is goodStage Four Maintaining law and orderLevel 3 – Self-Accepted Morals
Stage Five Society values and individual rights determine right and wrong
Stage Six Individual philosophy which is shaped by universal principles.
SIX STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
Children actively organize the morality of the world around them in steps
Morality – emergence of cognitive moral structures influenced by social and cultural environment
Morality is not learned, it is constructed
DISCUSSION
Moral reasoning = not the same as moral behavior Study didn’t address situational factors
Six stages of moral reasoning are not universal Western individualistic societies
Stages do not apply equally to both men and women Women – care orientation
CRITICISMS
Law and criminal justice Criminals understand moral issues but ignore them
Child eye-witness testimonies Their understanding of secrecy
APPLICATIONS