A scientist was alarmed on the continuous destruction of mother earth. Bodies of water are polluted, there are massive destruction of forests and there are animals which are now extinct. There are numerous natural disasters happening all over the world in a year and many lives are already gone. To save the mother earth, he made a virus that will control population. For him, controlling population will save the earth. Which moral reasoning a scientist's behavior may fall? Do you think his action is morally right? Justify it using moral stages of development.

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identify the stages of this case in accordance with Kohlberg's theory of moral development.
14. A scientist was alarmed on the continuous destruction of mother earth. Bodies of water are
polluted, there are massive destruction of forests and there are animals which are now
extinct. There are numerous natural disasters happening all over the world in a year and
many lives are already gone. To save the mother earth, he made a virus that will control
population. For him, controlling population will save the earth. Which moral reasoning a
scientist's behavior may fall? Do you think his action is morally right? Justify it using
moral stages of development.
Transcribed Image Text:14. A scientist was alarmed on the continuous destruction of mother earth. Bodies of water are polluted, there are massive destruction of forests and there are animals which are now extinct. There are numerous natural disasters happening all over the world in a year and many lives are already gone. To save the mother earth, he made a virus that will control population. For him, controlling population will save the earth. Which moral reasoning a scientist's behavior may fall? Do you think his action is morally right? Justify it using moral stages of development.
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