Carol Gilligan Moral Development

In this paper I will cover the interview that I had with a child to evaluate their moral development according to Carol Gilligan and Lawerence Kohlberg. To evaluate the child there were two stories that I read and a series of questions that followed each story. Based on the response given by the child is how I could decipher where they were for moral development. Some basic concepts that are discussed in this paper are: welfare of others it is the “concern for the well being of other/s, hurt or troubled by another’s pain”. Interdependence is the “issues of connections/friendships sustaining trust over time, issues of friendship, corporation, working and living together, being neighbors, showing appreciation and kindness.” For Kohlberg Level …show more content…
By her saying this, she is showing care by welfare of others. She is thinking about both animals and wishes for them to both be safe. Gracie wants the animals to have appropriate shelter. Another example of care voice is in question three, When I asked Gracie “ Is there a way to solve the problem so that all the animals will be happy? She responded with “ Um, they can all get their own place to live close to each other. But the moles should be nice and help the porcupine find his own place”. With her response she is showing Interdependence. I think this is an example because she still wants the animals to be friends and to be neighbors while still being nice. For the answers to question two and five Gracie used care voice for both so, there was no shift in voice. From this interview I only heard care and I would have needed gracie to have responded along the lines of establishing guidelines for both animals to follow. She didn't say anything along these terms so that is why I concluded only voice was used.From evaluation of the script of Dilemma III according to Kohlberg’s scoring guidelines Gracie’s modal stage is Level 1 stage 1. The first example that Gracie is in Level 1 Stage 1 is when I asked Gracie