The psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg argued that people of all cultures go through the same stages of moral reasoning. So a child may think of "good" in terms of what pleases mommy and daddy (stage 3), and a teenager may think of "good" in terms of what the peer group approves of (stage 4 -- cultural relativism). How would mature adult morality differ from these approaches, on Kohlberg's scheme?
The psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg argued that people of all cultures go through the same stages of moral reasoning. So a child may think of "good" in terms of what pleases mommy and daddy (stage 3), and a teenager may think of "good" in terms of what the peer group approves of (stage 4 -- cultural relativism). How would mature adult morality differ from these approaches, on Kohlberg's scheme?
This represents a shift within the CR stage -- but mature adults grow beyond this.
The psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg argued that people of all cultures go through the same stages of moral reasoning. So a child may think of "good" in terms of what pleases mommy and daddy (stage 3), and a teenager may think of "good" in terms of what the peer group approves of (stage 4 -- cultural relativism). How would mature adult morality differ from these approaches, on Kohlberg's scheme?
This doesn't accord with his findings.
The psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg argued that people of all cultures go through the same stages of moral reasoning. So a child may think of "good" in terms of what pleases mommy and daddy (stage 3), and a teenager may think of "good" in terms of what the peer group approves of (stage 4 -- cultural relativism). How would mature adult morality differ from these approaches, on Kohlberg's scheme?
But how can we think for ourselves about morality in the wisest and most rational way? That's what this book is about.