HDFS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: The Big Questions, Identity Formation
5 May 2016
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The way to distinguish levels of moral development. Simultaneously consider the motives and standards of the person you are evaluating. Movement from fully external to fully internal. Formal operational thought necessary but not sufficient for postconventional reasoning. Open discussion of moral dilemmas with someone (parents) who reasons one stage higher. Especially helpful when the more advanced partner paraphrases the other"s viewpoint to highlight possible inconsistencies or other issues to consider. Religious involvement and communities expose adolescents to caring people. May promote a sense of duty to others and concern for others. Carol gilligan criticized kohlberg"s theory as being geared to western men, who stress a justice ethic. Western women stress the ethics of care. Adolescents and adults of both genders will reason based on care or justice. The situation affects whether and which reason dominates. The big questions that challenge science but loom large in many persons lived experience or reality .
