Transcript Lawrence Kohlberg: Stages of Moral Development

• For this to work – there must be
absolute quiet.
• Carefully watch the following
video clip and count how many
times the players wearing white
pass the basketball.
http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/safevideos/SearchResults.aspx?search=attention
• Do we have selective attention?
• A 1999 study revealed how people can
focus so hard on something that they
become blind to the unexpected, even
when staring right at it.
• When one develops "inattentional
blindness," as this effect is called, it
becomes easy to miss details when one
is not looking out for them.
• How would this impact: texting, driving,
walking in an urban area, listening to
music with headphones, talking on
phone while walking?
Where are
the notes?
Should Heinz steal the drug?
Lawrence Kohlberg: Stages of Moral
Development
Children younger than 10 or 11 years think about
moral dilemmas one way; older children consider
them differently.
Younger children regard rules as absolute. They
believe that rules are handed down by adults or
by God . They can’t be changed.
The older child regards rules as subjective. He or
she understands that it is okay to change rules if
everyone agrees. Rules are not absolute but are
tools which humans use cooperate
Stage 6 is rare – that
all unjust rules
should be disobeyed
regardless of
personal risk:
Gandhi, Martin
Luther King, Nelson
Mandela, etc.
What would happen if everyone felt they
could steal it – it would be anarchy.
That’s his wife, it’s his responsibility
If he goes to jail; who will help her then?
He should only steal it for his wife, nobody
else
What if his wife needed more of the drug –
he ruined her chances of getting it and
she’ll die anyway
If this was morally right – then how come
everyone can’t the medicine they need
without insurance? Is that moral?
He should only steal it for his wife, nobody
else
What is the drug wasn’t effective and it
was all a waste of time?
It’s morally right to choose life over money
Would you be willing to risk:
-College
- Relationships
- Future - Job - Criticism