PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Moral Reasoning, Cross-Dressing, Prosocial Behavior
20 Mar 2013
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Chapter 12- moral development ( the goodness or badness of an act) Whatever is right or wrong is just an objective view of the world; 2. the source of morality or people who are always right are authority figures; 3. What determines something that is right or wrong is the outcome not the intention breaking rules= wrong regardless of intentions and motive. A person who broke 5 cups by accident vs. a person who broke 1 cup on purpose. Children will say that the person who broke 5 cups were worse. Rules viewed as products of social agreement (e. g. : if many people agreed that murder is good, it will be legal); 2. Rules can change if people agree to change them; 3. Punishments may or may not be fair (intentions matter: critiques. 3 levels of moral reasoning; each levels with 2 stages. Total of 6 stages: 3 levels of moral reasoning.
