Justice and Moral Development

Justice and Law p.3 Justice and Law and Becoming an Ethical Professional In chapter 3 the focuses is on the origins and components of justice, and when you read the meaning for justice it usually includes three concepts, fairness, equality, and impartiality. To look more closely lets break it down to what each mean; Fairness, is related to equal treatment, the condition of being impartial, and the allocation of equal shares or equal opportunities. Equality means, the same value, right or treatment

responsible direction to the development of one's children. Anybody in politics who is not aware of the most basic human values is unable to make responsible decisions, justice and to give direction to economic, social, or environmental development of his or her country. This Assignment will focus on the concept of justice as a moral value belonging to category of “goodness” by using one of the books of Plato that resides heavily on defining an answer to the meaning of Justice and also distinguish between

perspectives, Ethics of justice (Kohlberg’s theory) and Ethics of care (Gilligan’s theory) will be discussed and contrasted. The central concepts of the development of morality and ethics play an important role in figuring out how morality is developed from early childhood. On the one hand Kohlberg claimed that justice and rights were the central concepts for moral reasoning. He believed that this type of ethics focuses on universal laws and principles where ethical or moral decisions are executed

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

notion of justice is an association that occurs between the individual and the state. Justice means that the state treats every person equally and pursues ways to resolve disputes based on the facts compared to objective criteria instead of a subjective determination. It is based upon the rights and duties of individual persons, especially law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers use the notion of justice sometimes, but they are not always fair, and they make mistakes. Justice in law enforcement

more based on feministic views compared to Kohlberg’s “justice ethics” which focuses on the moral development of boys (Caputo, 2000). Kohlberg believes that when we are born we lack an understanding of justice and morality and through experiences and expectations of society we shape our morality (Semerci, 2006). Justice can be defined as treating everybody with dignity and base the decisions one makes on equal

Moral Development in Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society is a movie about an all boys college preparatory school called Welton Academy. This academy's basis is tradition and substantial academic achievement. Mr. Keating an english teacher at Welton Academy, and is a significant influential being to the boys attending Welton Academy. Mr. Keating uses unconventional teaching techniques that challenge his students, to take on a more lively perspective on life. The teachings of Mr. Keating develop

focus on justice, care, an "equally valid moral perspective," is usually disregarded because of male bias. The two perspectives are often pleasant-sounding, but a need for care point of view precedence exists. While truth is evident in both these statements, the problem of distinguishing between them becomes apparent soon after. Many feminist look to psychologist Carol Gilligan's research for evidence to confirm the difference between characteristically male and female approaches to moral decision

Kohlberg's theory of moral development proposes a series of three levels, divided into two stages each, that characterize the moral reasoning of human beings. Kohlberg's theory represented an important contribution to the psychological study of moral reasoning and its effect on behavior, but it contains a number of flaws and problematic assumptions. In particular, Carol Gilligan argues that Kohlberg's theory contains an inherently masculine bias, and that its view of justice as a universal ethical

Moral education can be described as the guidance and teaching of good behaviour and values. It is taught to young children in schools, providing them with a sense of politeness and lawfulness. The critical objective of moral education is to instruct these human values in the students. When defining moral education we are often inclined to two outwardly opposed perspectives: traditional character education which is focused on the development of specific kinds of virtuous traits and habits (Narvaez