PSYC 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Moral Relativism, Relativism, Moral Realism
14 Apr 2017
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13 moral development i: action and reasoning. How do people make decisions that go against some of their beliefs: we may thank that lying is morally wrong, yet claim that lying is alright on occasion. Idiosyncratic application, where the child attempts to imitate older children: ~ age 7, children"s play was coordinated with the rules of the game. Rules are imposed from the outside and they cannot be changed: stage 3: ~ age 9; children radically changed their conception of rules, and they now stated that the rules originate in mutual consent. It"s not age that"s a factor, but the structure of the relationship the children experienced (7: heteronomous morality: the imposition of rules is associated with relationships of constraint and unequal power. Idea that rules are imposed from parents and culture: but piaget did not think that all moral knowledge was acquired from parents.
