Psy 632 Psy632 8-2 Short paper.docx- Snhu

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Psy 632 Psy632 8-2 Short paper.docx- Snhu

Lawrence Kohlberg believed that children are often faced with moral issues and their judgement of these issues can cause them to act positively or negatively and therefore he developed a Theory of Moral Development in which is in three stages. Stage one is pre conventional morality which is the punishment and obedience orientation (Shaffer, 2014). Stage two is conventional morality which is the good boy or good girl orientation and the social order maintain morality (Shaffer, 2014). Stage three is post conventional morality which is the social contract orientation and morality of individual principles of conscience (Shaffer, 2014). In the Heinz dilemma a sick woman’s husband was trying to save the life of his wife who has cancer and was given advise of the doctors of a miracle drug that they believed may save her.The druggist that created the drug was charging 2,000 for the drug but the husband was only able to obtain some of the money to buy the drug. The husband asked druggist if he could reduce the price but was denied by the druggist.

Psy 632 Psy632 8-2 Short paper.docx- Snhu

Lawrence Kohlberg believed that children are faced with moral issues and their judgment of these dilemmas cause them to act positively or negatively, which lead to his theory of moral development. He looked at how morals were developed as opposed to overall emotional or physical development. Kohlberg believed we progress through three levels of moral thinking that build on our cognitive development. The three levels of moral development are: per-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional. The first stage, per-conventional morality is the idea of obedience vs. punishment, in which authority is outside the individual and reasoning is based on physical consequences. The second stage is conventional morality. At this stage authority is internalized but not questioned as the individual strives to obey rules and social norms to win the approval of others or maintain social order (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014). The third stage is post-conventional morality. At this stage judgments are based on right or wrong in terms of social contracts and democratic law (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014).

Psy 632 Psy632 8-2 Short paper.docx- Snhu

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