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MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
Self-centeredness
Other-centeredness
Scenario 2
Heinz broke into the laboratory and stole
the drug. The next day, the newspapers
reported the break-in and theft. Brown, a
police officer and a friend of Heinz
remembered seeing Heinz last evening,
behaving suspiciously near the laboratory.
Later that night, he saw Heinz was
running away from the laboratory.
Scenario 3
Officer Brown reported what he saw. Heinz was
arrested and brought to court. If convicted, he
faces up to two years' jail. Heinz was found
guilty.
Level One:
Pre-conventional
Morality
Stage 1: Punishment-Obedience
Orientation
Persons in this stage obey rules to
avoid punishment. A good or bad
action is determined by its physical
consequences.
Possible Stage 1
responses to Heinz
Dilemma:
Heinz
Heinz
The
Level Two:
Conventional Morality
of
what will please a limited group and
make the person feel included
Thus models behavior on that of the
majority which is the behavior of
the in crowd or peer group
Feels that intensions are as important
as deeds and expects others to
accept intentions or promises in place
of deeds
Begins to put himself/herself in
anothers shoes and think from
another perspective
Level Three:
Postconventional
Morality
Assessment
DIRECTIONS:
Reflect
Consider
life.
Place
Write
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