PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ethical Dilemma, Moral Reasoning, Social System
22 Apr 2016
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Moral dilemma: presented to children as scenarios and not actual experiments. A common scenario is asking whether you would kill someone for a large sum of money. Freud suggests that moral development corresponds with the super ego and is learnt through our parents. Piaget"s theory of moral development: morality is a system of rules and our morals are based off our adhesion to these rules. Piaget describes how children begin extremely moral as evidenced through their belief that rules must be followed and are always correct. As children age they begin to understand that moral rules are products of social interactions and are modifiable depending on the context. 6 years old: view rules as extremely important to follow and unchangeable. By age ten children tend to judge by intent rather than outcome. Stage 1: moral realism/heteronomy: moral judgements are made based on the consequences of the acts.
