Carol Gilligan's Theory Essay

Furthermore, Scout at the end of the book got the to postconventional moral reasoning stage five legal principle because in the moment in where she understood the situation that Boo Radley would be put in if everyone knew what had truly happened with the dead of Bob. She understood that by putting Boo in the public eye would be the death of him. Moreover that gives the ability to understand that her understanding of the situation was of a higher moral reasoning level. At the same time she had been through an attack that had put her life in danger; she wasn't truly aware of what had happened of who had helped her. With is in mind, the legal principle stage was identified to be the second before getting to universal moral principles which is …show more content…
One people that disagreed with his theory was Carol Gilligan a psychologist very similar to Kohlberg she had similar theories but differently believed that both men and woman would behave differently throughout different situations. Gilligan believed that women were more focused on caring and relationships needs, which was in contrast to Kohlberg's that believed men focusing was more set on justice (“ The Differences Between Kohlberg’s and Gilligan’s View”). According to Kohlberg’s moral development theory he is centering the impartial reasoning around the distortions based on universal principles. In contrast Gilligan explains that in her point of view girls understand the full of relationships more than men, divine themselves more terms of their relationships. In addition women hold different traits from men as morally values which is different from what Kohlberg believes. In other words women have different traits and tend to “prioritize empathy over logic” in the daily decision making and in hard situation as well said Gilligan (“ The Differences Between Kohlberg’s and Gilligan”s View”). The basic summary given regarding Kohlberg’s stages is that through a child's life they learn values and life