Piaget's Stages Of Moral Development

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autonomous morality(older)

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Based on relations of cooperation and mutual recognition of equality among autonomous individuals, as in relations between people who are equals

reflected in rational moral attitudes: rules are viewed as products of mutual agreemt, open to renegotiation, made legitimate by personal acceptance and common consent, and right is a matter of acting in accordance with the requirements of cooperation and mutual respect

badness is viewed as relative to the actor's intentions; fairness is defined as equal treatment or taking account of individual needs; fairness of punishmt is defined by appropriateness to the offense

punishmt is seen as affected by human intention

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heteronomous morality(easy)

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in piaget's theory of moral developmt, the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads automatically to punishmt

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autonomous morality(easy)

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in piaget's theory of moral developmt, the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishmts are not automatic

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moral dilemmas

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in kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, hypothetical situations tha trequire a perosn to consider the values of right and wrong

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heteronomous morality(younger)

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based on relations of constraint; for ex:the complete acceptance by the child of adult prescriptions

reflected in attitudes of moral realism: rules are seen as inflexible requiremts, external in origin and authority, no open to negotiation; and right is a matter of literal obedience to adults and rules

badness is judged in terms of the objective form and consequences of actions; fairness is equated with the content of the adult decisions; arbitrary and severe punishmts are seen as fair

punishmt is seen as an automatic consequence of the offense, and justice is seen as inherent