If a small child dropped his/her 'roti' in water then, the other small child will not be in favour of giving 'roti' to him/her. How ever an adolescent will agree to give him/her another 'roti' keeping in view his/her young age. This behaviour of the adolescent is :
moral development
The adolescent's ability to consider the younger child's age and adjust their judgement accordingly reflects a more advanced stage of moral reasoning than the younger child's rigid, self-focused response.
This capacity to reason about fairness by factoring in context, intention, and another person's circumstances is a hallmark of advancing moral development, as described in stage theories such as Kohlberg's.
Good behaviour, kindness, and mercy are general descriptive terms for the action itself, but the question specifically points to the underlying cognitive shift in reasoning about fairness, which is best captured by moral development.
Important Questions from Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
- Nakula, a 12 year old boy who lives in a community having 50 houses always actively takes part in the maintenance of cleanliness within community as he likes the 'good boy' praise that he receives from community elders. According to Kohlberg, Nakula is in this level of moral development
Match the following stages of Kohlberg's moral development theory with their characteristics :
Moral Stages Characteristics (a) Conforming obtain reward (i) Getting the approval of others (b) Maintaining social order (ii) Stage based on self- interest (c) Good interpersonal relationships (iii) Eternal value accepted by conscience (d) Universal ethical principles (iv) Importance of justice and law Choose the correct code:
Arrange the Kohlberg's stages of moral development in chronological order :
A. Instrumental relationism orientation
B. Interpersonal concordance orientation
C. Punishment and obedience orientation
D. Law-and-order orientation
E. Social contract-legalistic orientation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Arrange Kohlberg's stages of Moral development in sequence:
A. Universal ethical principles
B. Individual, instrumental purpose and exchange
C. Mutual interpersonal expectations, relationships and interpersonal conformity
D. Punishment and obedience orientation
E. Social system morality
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: Match List - I with List - II.
List - I List - II (A) Obedience Orientation (I) Moral reasoning based on winning the approval of others (B) Interpersonal norms (II) Moral reasoning based on moral principles that apply to all (C) Social contract (III) Moral reasoning based on the belief that adults know what is right or wrong (D) Universal ethical principles (IV) Moral reasoning is based on the belief that laws are for the good of all members of society
