PSY 632 Module 8-1 Moral Development and Dilemma.docx- Snhu

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PSY 632 Module 8-1 Moral Development and Dilemma.docx- Snhu

Moral Development and Dilemma Lawrence Kohlberg is known for his theory of moral development. Kohlberg theory expands upon Piaget’s theory of moral development with the use of the Heinz study. The Heinz study was designed to determine how moral reasoning changed as people grew older. The sample consisted of 72 boys from Chicago aged 10 to 16, of which 58 were followed up at three-year intervals for 20 years [ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ]. They were given the following scenario and asked a series of questions afterwards to determine their moral reasoning. In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. there was one drug that doctors’ thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging $2000, or ten times the cost of the drug,for a small (possibly life-saving) dose. Heinz, the sick woman’s husband, borrowed all the money he could, about $1000, or half of what he needed. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell the drug cheaper or to let him pay later.

PSY 632 Module 8-1 Moral Development and Dilemma.docx- Snhu

The druggist replied, “No, I discovered the drug, and I’m going to make money from it.” Heinz then became desperate and broke into the store to steal the drug for his wife. Should Heinz have done that? [ CITATIONSha14 \l 1033 ]. From this study, Kohlberg identified three levels of moral reasoning: Pr-conventional,conventional, and post-conventional [ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ]. At the per-conventional morality level, an individual does not have a personal code of morality. Their moral code is shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules[ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ]. Stage one, Obedience and Punishment Orientation: if a person is punished, they must have done wrong[ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ]. Stage two, Individualism and Exchange: different people have different viewpoints[ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ]. The conventional level, moral standards of valued adult role models are internalized but not questioned, with reasoning based on the norms of the group the person belongs to [ CITATIONKoh84 \l 1033 ]. Stage three, Good Interpersonal Relationships: Individual is good in order to be viewed as good by others [ CITATION Koh84 \l 1033 ], Stage four, Maintaining the Social.

PSY 632 Module 8-1 Moral Development and Dilemma.docx- Snhu

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