moral development report 2007
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KOLHBERGS THEORY
OF MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
By: Sienna Marie D. Cabrera BSN - III
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Kolhberg has focused on moral
development and has proposed a stage
theory of moral thinking which goeswell beyond Piaget's initial formulations.
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Everyone goes through the stages
sequentially without skipping any stage.
However, movement through these stages
are not natural, that is people do notautomatically move from one stage to the
next as they mature.
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KOLHBERGS SIX
STAGES OFMORAL MATURITY
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Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
Pre-conventional Morality
1. Obedience Punishment Orientation
2. Personal Reward Orientation
Conventional Morality3. The good boy/good girl Orientation
4. The Law and Order Orientation
Post-conventional Morality5. Social Contract Orientation6. Conscience Orientation
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Pre conventional Morality
Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
I. Obedience
Punishment
Orientation
The person's behavior is mainly
governed by deference to superior
power.
He doesnt question this power, hisconcern is to avoid (physical)
punishment.
Physical effects of an action determine
whether its good or bad act.
II. Personal
RewardOrientation
In this stage, a person is
slightly more developed. He
considers right action to be
anything that satisfies hispersonal needs, or sometimes
the needs of others.
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Conventional Morality
Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
III. The good
boy/good girl
Orientation
At the conventional level, the personsbehavior is oriented toward pleasingothers.
His concern is finding acceptance.He seeks approval by being nice.
The important rule of behavior for theperson in this level is his intention.
IV. A Law
and Order
Orientation
The persons behavior in this levelfocuses on doing ones duty.
He is loyal to existing authority.
He obeys the laws and promoteskeeping the established order.
He finds self-respect in fulfilling hisobligations.
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Post - Conventional Morality
Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
V. SocialContract
Orientation
The person begins to describe right action interms of what society has critically examinedand agreed to.
The person carries with him some of his stagefour sensitivities about ones duty toward thesystem.
But now he works not simply to maintainstatus quo: he may work to change the law forthe sake of the society.
The person is aware of the fact that people holda variety of values and opinions.
Aside from what the majority hasdemocratically agreed upon, right or wrongbehavior is a matter of personal opinion.
In this stage, the persons level of moralthinking is oriented toward majority rule, buthis rule is not frozen as in the stage fourpersons disposition.
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Post - Conventional Morality
Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
VI.Conscience
Orientation
In this stage, the person makes decisions ofconscience and is guided by self chosenethical principle.
He holds these principles even if it meansgoing against the rule of the majority.
The person operates according to theuniversal ethical principles of justice,equality of human life, and respect for thedignity of human being as individual
person.The person in this level, is guided mainlyby ethical principles in contract to concretemoral rules such as those spelled out buythe Ten Commandments.
The person has become progressivelydisentangled from property values or socialstanding. This person shows the greatestcapacity for moral behavior.
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Post - Conventional Morality
Kolhbergs Six Stages Of Moral Maturity
VI.Conscience
Orientation
In this stage, the person makes decisions ofconscience and is guided by self chosenethical principle.
He holds these principles even if it meansgoing against the rule of the majority.
The person operates according to theuniversal ethical principles of justice,equality of human life, and respect for thedignity of human being as individual
person.The person in this level, is guided mainlyby ethical principles in contract to concretemoral rules such as those spelled out buythe Ten Commandments.
The person has become progressively
disentangled from property values or socialstanding. This person shows the greatestcapacity for moral behavior.
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Pre-conventional Morality
I will do what I am supposed to do in order to avoidpunishment.
Conventional Morality
I will do what I a supposed to do as things work out betterwhen everyone follows the rules.
Post-conventional Morality
I will do (or wont do) what I am supposed to do because Ithink ( or dont think) it is the right thing to do.