BEP 305 Lecture 19: Moral Reasoning Development
9 Mar 2017
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What is meant by moral : class example: a sense of what is right and wrong, social cooperation based on what is fair and just. These are the types of moral questions we are talking about; not questions such as: is it moral to have pre-marital sex? : our actions affect other people. Lawrence kohlberg: a revolutionary: the cognitive developmental tradition. Looking at morality from the inside out. Defining moral reasoning: the process of establishing a course of action that is fair or justifiable. Labeling one possible line of action as what a person ought to do in a particular situation. Child is responsive to cultural rules and labels of good and bad, right and wrong. I will not hit ______ because it will hurt him/her. or, i will do this nice thing for. ______, because he/she may do something nice for me. : conventional level.
