PP247 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aldous Huxley, Ethical Egoism, Virtue Ethics
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Part a - multiple choice & match questions. Answer in your exam booklet (1 mark each, 2 for match questions = 14 marks) There are 5 options for each multiple choice question (10 questions, 1 mark each = 10). Match questions typically ask you to link a theorist or author with their main concept (2 questions, 2 marks each = 4). Lawrence kohlberg: another response to relativism comes from the work of lawrence. Kohlberg was jewish and developed his theories in years following the holocaust. He was appalled at the implication of relativism that there is no objective basis for morally condemning the nazis. In psychology he was influenced by the developmental theories of jean piaget, who proposed that children pass through certain states of cognitive development in a certain sequence. Kohlberg argued that there are certain stages of moral development that are common to all people. Kohlberg"s six stages of moral reasoning: morality of obedience.
