Kohlberg’s three Moral Reasoning levels: a) Preconventional, b) Conventional, and c) Postconventional. For each of the three levels, 1) explain what the main emphasis is for that level (in your own words); and then 2) explain how somebody at each level would respond to the following moral dilemma: Ben is a thirteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to a concert very much. His mother promised him he could go if he saved up the money for it himself. So Ben worked hard at his paper route and saved up the thirty dollars it cost to go to the concert. But just before he bought his ticket, his mother changed her mind. Some of the mother’s friends decided to go out to a fancy dinner, and Ben’s mother was short of the money it would cost. So she told Ben to give her the money he had saved from the paper route – but Ben didn’t want to give up going to the concert. Why should Ben say yes or no to giving his mother the money? Remember, it doesn’t matter whether you say yes or no, what matters is the reason you say yes or no.
Kohlberg’s three Moral Reasoning levels: a) Preconventional, b) Conventional, and c) Postconventional.
For each of the three levels, 1) explain what the main emphasis is for that level (in your own words); and then 2) explain how somebody at each level would respond to the following moral dilemma:
Ben is a thirteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to a concert very much. His mother promised him he could go if he saved up the money for it himself. So Ben worked hard at his paper route and saved up the thirty dollars it cost to go to the concert. But just before he bought his ticket, his mother changed her mind. Some of the mother’s friends decided to go out to a fancy dinner, and Ben’s mother was short of the money it would cost. So she told Ben to give her the money he had saved from the paper route – but Ben didn’t want to give up going to the concert.
Why should Ben say yes or no to giving his mother the money? Remember, it doesn’t matter whether you say yes or no, what matters is the reason you say yes or no.
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