LAWRENCE KOHLBERG

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LAWRENCE KOHLBERG
THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
MORAL JUDGMENTS ARE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF
COGNITIVE CONFLICT
MORALITY IS DEVELOPED IN STAGES
STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT PARALLEL PIAGETS
STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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No person in the world ever attempted to wrong
another without being injured in return -- some
way, somehow, sometime.
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I have a simple philosophy.
Fill whats empty. Empty whats full.
And scratch where it
itches.
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What you do not want others to do to you, do
not do to others.
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My country right or wrong.
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Morality is the observance of the rights of
others.
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I think we all have moral obligations to obey
just laws. On the other hand, we have moral
obligations to disobey unjust laws, because
non-cooperation with evil is just as much a moral
obligation as cooperation with good.
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KOHLBERGS STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
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POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
PRECONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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PRECONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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2. INSTRUMENTAL RELATIVISM
moral relativism - egocentricity 1. OBEDIENCE
AND PUNISHMENT moral realism,
immanent justice
PRECONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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4. AUTHORITY, LAW, AND DUTY
ethic of mutual respect - justice
orientation 3. INTERPERSONAL CONCORDANCE
morality of cooperation - care orientation
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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6. UNIVERSAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES conscience
based on self-chosen ethical principles 5.
SOCIAL CONTRACT
fundamental principles socially agreed on
POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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6. UNIVERSAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES conscience
based on self-chosen ethical principles 5.
SOCIAL CONTRACT
fundamental principles socially agreed on
POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
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TEACHING MORAL VALUES
1. CREATE MORAL/COGNITIVE DISEQUILIBRIUM
Create in children the feeling of dissatisfaction
about their concept of good and bad, right or
wrong (cognitive dissonance).
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TEACHING MORAL VALUES
2. INVITE ROLE-TAKING AND PERSPECTIVE-TAKING
THROUGH MORAL DISCOURSE
Engage young people in moral argument and
discussion with peers - a discussion in which
different interpretations, disagreements, and
conflicts are freely and nonthreateningly
expressed (1 and 2 matching - zpd?).
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