PY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Lawrence Kohlberg, Moral Reasoning, Social Contract

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 105
• Professor: Scrivner- Limbaugh

Document Summary

The cognitive aspect of morality: 3 levels of moral reasoning, (what determines what"s moral?) Self-interest and event outcomes: what"s in it for you. Conventional rules and social order: what other people tell you, what others think of you. Social contract: abstract principles and the value of life, democratic procedures. Universal ethical principle: abstract reasoning, issues: Moral reasoning is not always moral behavior. What you say and do is not always consistent. Heinz and the medicine: woman was dying and husband couldn"t afford the medicine, so he broke in to steal the drugs, should he have done this> Prison: or should steal it because it isn"t worth that much. Self-interest: he will be happy his wife didn"t die. Law and order: it"s against the law. Human right: regardless of the law everyone has a right ot live. Universal human ethics: life is more valuable than possessions. Do babies have moral reasoning: empathy and sympathy.