Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan is both Psychologists’ that are attempting to identify the diversity of morals upon both genders of the human race. Kohlberg and Gilligan conducted studies on young men and women. Kohlberg assessing males‚ while Gilligan assessing females. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be discussing which development I agree with‚ as well as the accuracy of each Psychologist’s performance‚ as they explain the differences between each sex. I will make a distinction between
Premium Kohlberg's stages of moral development Human Sex
Carol Gilligan Biography Carol Gilligan was born on November 28th 1936. Gilligan was born and raised in New York City. She was an only child of William Friedman and Mabel Caminez. Her father was a lawyer meanwhile her mother was a nursery school teacher. Gilligan is married to James Gilligan who is the director of the centre for the Study on Violence at Harvard Medical School. Gilligan received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Swarthmore College‚ a master’s degree in clinical psychology
Premium Gender Kohlberg's stages of moral development Harvard University
The Gilligan-Kohlberg Moral Theory Controversy Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ as a field of intellectual inquiry developed in the west for well over two thousand years with minimal input from women. Women’s voices have been virtually absent from western ethics until this century. The absence of female voices has meant that the moral concerns of men have preoccupied traditional western ethics‚ the moral perspectives of men have shaped its methods and concepts‚ and male biases against women have
Premium Morality Ethics Immanuel Kant
Analysis and use of Carol Gilligan’s In A Different Voice In Gilligan’s In a Different Voice she explains that in social science the perspectives of men and women differ. She challenges that these “theories formerly considered to be sexually neutral” are human constructs that can be seen in fiction and science cannot be neutral until “we begin to notice how accustomed we have become to seeing life through men’s eyes”. This means that those stereotypes of how men and women look at situations‚ observations
Premium Kohlberg's stages of moral development Developmental psychology Logic
Carol Gilligan’s “Ethics of Care” had multiple stages. The first is self-interest which is when people do what is best for themselves. They think about their future and how this decision benefits them. The second stage is Self-Sacrifice‚ which is when people put others before themselves. People will at times sacrifice something that they could benefit from for the benefit of someone else. The third stage is the Nonviolence stage‚ which is the person that will not hurt anyone no matter what situation
Premium Ethics Morality Psychology
C. GILLIGAN’S GENDER & MORALITY DEVELOPMENT Carol Gilligan compared the moral development of girls and boys in her theory of gender and moral development. She claimed that boys have a justice perspective meaning that they rely on formal rules to define right and wrong. Girls‚ on the other hand‚ have a care and responsibility perspective where personal relationships are considered when judging a situation. Gilligan also studied the effect of gender on self-esteem. She claimed that society’s
Premium Morality Kohlberg's stages of moral development Jean Piaget
Gilligan In the reading concerning Carol Gilligan’s theories on the development of women living in a man’s world‚ I can remember growing up in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and a woman’s role was that of a homemaker and a care giver. Her job was to stay home and take care of the children and her securing a job was out of the question. During those decades‚ there were very few women in advanced positions in politics and very few‚ if any‚ in leadership roles in the corporate world. Men were the
Premium Gender role Gender Woman
situations and behavior as good or bad‚ right or wrong. One theorist‚ Carol Gilligan‚ found that morality develops by looking at much more than justice. The following will discuss the morality development theory of Carol Gilligan and its implications. Carol Gilligan was the first to consider gender differences in her research with the mental processes of males and females in their moral development. In general‚ Gilligan noted differences between girls and boys in their feelings towards caring
Premium Kohlberg's stages of moral development Woman Jean Piaget
Kohlberg Lawrence Kohlberg believed he could explain the development of moral reasoning through three levels that covered six stages of development. The levels started by measuring basic moral milestones and went through the highest forms or moral character. He believed you went through the stages in order and although you could temporarily revert back to a stage that you primarily functioned in one stage. After I looked at the different stages of Kohlberg’s theory I can almost pinpoint when
Premium Morality Kohlberg's stages of moral development
has six identifiable developmental stages‚ each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than its predecessor. Kohlberg determined that the process of moral development was principally concerned with justice‚ and that it continued throughout the individual’s lifetime‚ a notion that spawned dialogue on the philosophical implications of such research. For his studies‚ Kohlberg relied on stories such as the Heinz dilemma‚ and was interested in how individuals would justify their actions if placed
Premium Kohlberg's stages of moral development Jean Piaget