Lawrence Kohlberg Research Paper

When Lawrence Kohlberg was determining where individuals placed on the ladder of moral reasoning he used an example of a Man stealing a drug that he could not afford from a druggist in order to save his wife's life, who needed the drug.

When I was six years old my father had given me the same scenario that Lawrence Kohlberg gave to the subjects participating in the experiment. At the time being the six year old that I was stuck with a delma.

I understood that the man was only trying to save his wife's life, but the druggist had discovered the drug he had every right to choose the price for his drug. I wanted to side with the man. I sympathized with him trying to save his wife's life, but then again if he stole the drug that would be breaking the law, and laws maintain the order that society needs in order to be prosperous.

I was upset with the druggist because he wasn't lowing the price of the drug which would lead to the death of the man's wife, but I understand that he has a right to choose the price for a product he was selling. …show more content…
The following words that he said would shape the way that I see the world for the rest of my life. He said “I believe the Husband was in the right for stealing the drugs, because you can't put a price on a human life.” This allowed me growing up, and to this day to closely identify with Postconventional Morality. I understood that the husband was attempting to save not only a life, but the life of a woman he loved. Saving his wife was placed above the Social Contract Orientation, as he would rather steal the drug to save his wife, not caring about the societies laws, than let her die. And along with this supported by the Universal Ethical Principle Orientation that all life must be