Moral psychology

As we move through life we learn and develop our moral reasoning. According to Kohlberg morality and moral reasoning is the process of “six stages” and “levels” of development that start from an early age to adulthood (Williams & Arrigo, 2011, p. 122). In addition, Kohlberg believed that moral choices and behavior are established by cognitive thinking and reasoning like imagination (Williams & Arrigo, 2011, p.122). Consequently, Kohlberg produces those six stages which are grouped into three levels

from a selfish and careless child to a unselfish and responsible child, thus making him think about his morals and what the society will think about him. The character Huck changes a lot throughout the entire book. In the beginning of the book Huck did not care if other were hurt and did not have any morals. Ms. Watson and the widow take care of him. Ms. Watson is the one teaches Huck about morals. “Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry"; and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry—set up straight";

literature. In this instance, Simon analyzes Ursula Le Guin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” to the argumentative essay which inspired Le Guin's short story, “The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life” written by William James. By comparing the two texts, author Linda Simon analyzes the differences in moral and ethical codes in hopes to provide justification and reasoning for the decisions that the citizens of Omelas make to either stay or leave despite knowing their society is built

Jon Snow and Frank Gallagher are two very different individuals as they reside on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of morals. But one thing is for sure, they both know how to put themselves and others around them in danger. That and their amount of near death experiences are most likely their only major similarities, although Jon’s are from battle and Frank’s are from alcohol poisoning. Frank Gallagher is the father of a lower class, dysfunctional family in the Showtime series “Shameless.”

suggests that there are 3-levels of Moral Development, as well as 6-stages within Moral Development. The 3-levels include pre-conventional morality, conventional morality, and post conventional morality. The 6-stages include obedience and punishment orientation, individualism and exchange, good interpersonal relationships, maintaining social order, social contract and individual rights, and universal principles (McLleod, 2011). This paper will discuss all 3-levels of moral development and where my ethical

Conformity is a standard in society. Many conform to rules, laws, behaviors, and so on. However, some are against conformity when topics are controversial For example, whether one should conform to society’s absurd standards or to stay an original, an individual with their own quirks and personality. However, some situations about conformity can be less about individualism and more about realism, instances where one might conform in order to protect oneself, these conditions have been featured in

to obey authority. This is such a normalized function of everyday life, that it has resulted in us losing sight of our own moral convictions. Not every act of this expected obedience is conscious. We have fell into the habit of obeying first and asking questions later. Even worse than that, we have developed a more destructive habit of not questioning authority at all. Our moral judgements have became clouded by our understanding of authority as well as the desire and expectation to conform with others

actions are motivated in this way.” This entails that the clear agenda in these two theories is motivation, getting to what they want no matter the cost, this is the sole point of these egoistic theories. Another similarity is that egoism violates core moral beliefs. ‘Ego’ meaning oneself explains the self-interest portion of these theories. “Still if a theory deeply violates common sense, and if there is no compelling argument for that theory then we are justified in rejecting it.”

This article identifies the then new trend of information technology also known as social networking technology. Vallor is identifying the virtue ethics of this technology first by identifying what virtue ethics is. Then Vallor views the technology through a utilitarian preconceived perspective, which is accomplished after identifying the virtue ethics of the technology. In the second part of her article, Vallor focuses on three virtues that enhance the morality of the social networking technology

Moral Absolutism a) Explain what is meant by Moral Absolutism. (25) Moral absolutism is an ethical theory which believes that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are either right or wrong. Moral absolutists might, for example, judge slavery, war, dictatorship, the death penalty, or child abuse to be absolutely immoral regardless of the situations or beliefs of a culture that engages in these practices. Moral absolutism adopts the theory