Talk:Lawrence Kohlberg

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Why is this article categorized under so many "philosophyer" categories when he is a psychologist? --mporch 19:32, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Feminism 2 Merge 3 His works 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Feminism

So no one is going to mention angry feminists?

Feminists, such as Carol Gilligan, presented what is an essentially an archaic argument that women reason differently about moral situations in that they perceive morality in terms of nurturing/caring and self-sacrifice while men, in accordance to Kohlberg's theories, see such issues as matters of justice and equality. However, it can also be argued that these supposedly 'feminine' values represent a decidedly more Stage 5 level of moral reasoning. Values such as justice are more universal, and abstract, and better represent true moral reasoning, not merely the masculine perspective on morality.

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I have removed two statements from the part on moral development, because I thought they are inaccurate. Please contact me on my talk page, and/or put the sentences back, if you think I'm wrong.

In fact, one cannot even comprehend the reasoning of a stage higher than the one immediately above the present stage.

I do no think this is correct, and I cannot find this claim in my textbooks on psychology. I expect that a typical adult on the pre-conventional or conventional level will be able to understand the idea of universal ethical principles.

in fact, higher level reasoning is 'cognitively attractive' because it makes more sense and resolves more conflicts.

Again, I cannot find support of these claims in secondary sources. According to material that I have read, Kohlberg's explanation of moral growth is that moral development occurs when people discover the limitations of their current way of reasoning. So, he does not say that moral development is the result of comparisons of the amount of conflicts that can be resolved using the various stages. Sietse 07:14, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I agree, many people can understand universal ethical but until they live through it and have to make decisions on that level they arent really in that level. Avenged Evanfold 00:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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I have re-written the article. It is once again about the life of Lawrence Kohlberg, instead of his work (which has seperate pages, see Kohlberg's stages of moral development). Also gone are the critisisms, as it is about his life and not other peoples. Drop me a line if you're thinking it should be something else, I'm going to sort of 'adopt' this article. JoeSmack (talk) 22:48, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

This page appears to have been forked at Biographical study of Lawrence Kohlberg. May be worth merging. Stifle 23:44, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His works

This page does not have much information about his works.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.222.76 (talk • contribs)

Yep - when I wrote out most of this I kept that in mind; in his stages of moral development article the work is quite extensive, but also mentions little of Kohlberg's biography. You'll find the converse here, purposefully. JoeSmack ^Talk 08:33, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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