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Kohlberg's Moral Dilemma
Kohlberg's Moral Dilemma
Kohlberg's Moral Dilemma
Dilemma
WHAT WE GOING TO LEARN
There was one drug that the 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
ten times what the drug cost him to make.
He paid $400 for the radium and charged $4,000 for a small dose
of the drug.
EXAMPLE: Volunteering at
a nursing home is the right
thing to do.
STAGE 4: Law and Order Orientation
While stage three actions are
more concerned with
pleasing your family, stage
four is associated with
following society as a
whole. Emphasis is spent
on obeying laws to
maintain social order.
• Characterized by references to
universal ethical principles that
represent protecting the rights or of
all people
• Most adults do not reach this level.
STAGE 5: Social Contract Orientation
At stage 4, people want to keep
society functioning. However,
a smoothly functioning
society is not necessarily a
good one. Nazi Germany was
a well organized society, but
nine million were murdered
in the process.