Case Study: Identify the following statement according to Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. In America a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctor...

Case Study: Identify the following statement according to Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. In America a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctor thought might save her. It was in a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to make. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman’s husband went to everyone he knew and barrow some money, but he could only provide half of the price. So, he told the druggist that his wife is dying and asked him to sell the drug in a lower price or let him pay later. But the druggist said, ‘no I discovered the drug and I’m going to make money out of it’. So, the husband becomes desperate and broke into man’s store to steal the drug for his wife. Should the husband have done that? The husband has a good motive of saving the life of his wife, however, the authority cannot simply ignore wrong doings. Answer: ________________ The husband should not steal it for it is against the law and that it’s bad to steal. Since stealing punished the wrong doers. Answer: ________________ Saving the life of the wife of the husband is the most important thing to do over any other properties. Answer: ________________

Extracted text: awrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development Description No difference between doing the right thing and avoiding punishment Interest shifts to rewards rather than punishment - effort is made to secure greatest benefit for oneself The "good boy/girl" level. Effort is made to secure approval and maintain friendly relations with others Level/Stage I: Obedience/Punishment Age Range Infancy I: Self-Interest Pre-school School-age II: Conformity and Interpersonal Accord II: Authority and Social Order School-age Orientation toward fixed rules. The purpose of morality is maintaining the social order. Interpersonal accord is expanded to include the entire society Mutual benefit, reciprocity. Morally right and legally right are not always the same. Utilitarian rules that make life better for III: Social Contract Teens everyone Morality is based on principles that transcend mutual benefit. III: Universal Principles Adulthood The Psychology Notes Headquarters - http://www.PsychologyNotesHQ.com