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 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 - Arrange in accordance with Kohlberg’s stages of moral understanding.
I. Instrumental purpose orientation.
II. Punishment and obedience orientation.
III. Social-order-maintaining orientation.
IV. Good boy-good girl orientation.
Codes : - According to Kohlberg, ________ and ________ are the major reasons of moral behaviour during the stage of conventional morality
- "When individuals believe that moral choices are not dependent on close ties to others and that rules must be enforced in the same manner for everyone and each person should uphold them".
The following statement is characteristic of which stage of Moral Development according to Kohlberg?
