My friend Sydney Jeter was a wonderful person who could bring joy into a person’s life. She was skillful in the categories of being athletic, adventurous, ranked top of her class academically, and being socially active. My friends Hayden, Blake, Logan and I met Sydney in the summer of 2012. Shortly after meeting, Blake and Sydney started dating which lead to us all meeting her family. We became very close to Sydney 's family as they enjoyed our company. On July 13, 2013 Blake and Sydney were involved in a car accident, which took place in College Station, Texas. Blake survived with severe bruising, but Sydney did not, as she suffered from immediate head trauma following the wreck. The month after her death was unspeakably heart breaking. Hayden,
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Crain “Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development,” he is not interested in whether the subject says yes or no to a dilemma, but the reasoning behind the answer. He is interested in why I should or shouldn’t have stood up for Blake. I chose to stand up for him because he was innocent of murdering Sydney. He put himself in the same situation of Sydney’s death, knowing he could have died as well. Luckily, he walked away from the wreck and witnessed Sydney lying dead in the car next to him. I was in stage 2 of Kohlberg’s theory at the time, also known as “Individualism and Exchange.” This stage describes how children recognize that there is not just one right point of view. I knew that Sydney’s parents were wonderful people, but the way they handled the situation was out of line and inappropriate in my point of view. At the time, I was 17 and have currently progressed to stage 4 known as “Maintaining the Social Order.” This works best in two-person relationships amongst family members or close friends, where one can make a real effort to get to know the other’s feelings and needs and try to help. For example, I disagree with the action’s Sydney’s parents made, but to this day I feel bad for them, wishing I had a relationship with them. It would not be a good idea for me to make an effort to fix my relationship with them, but I know that Sydney was a friend of mine. I also remember that I once had a relationship with her parents. Currently, I am at stage 6, “Universal Principles.” This stage can be defined as “respondents who work towards a conception of the good society.” It suggests that we need to protect certain individual rights and settle disputes through democratic processes. Reason being, I want to keep a good relationship with everyone who plays an important role in my life, such as friends and family, and the ones who are important such as my college professors, my boss, and future colleagues. It is my personal responsibility to succeed and
Crain “Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development,” he is not interested in whether the subject says yes or no to a dilemma, but the reasoning behind the answer. He is interested in why I should or shouldn’t have stood up for Blake. I chose to stand up for him because he was innocent of murdering Sydney. He put himself in the same situation of Sydney’s death, knowing he could have died as well. Luckily, he walked away from the wreck and witnessed Sydney lying dead in the car next to him. I was in stage 2 of Kohlberg’s theory at the time, also known as “Individualism and Exchange.” This stage describes how children recognize that there is not just one right point of view. I knew that Sydney’s parents were wonderful people, but the way they handled the situation was out of line and inappropriate in my point of view. At the time, I was 17 and have currently progressed to stage 4 known as “Maintaining the Social Order.” This works best in two-person relationships amongst family members or close friends, where one can make a real effort to get to know the other’s feelings and needs and try to help. For example, I disagree with the action’s Sydney’s parents made, but to this day I feel bad for them, wishing I had a relationship with them. It would not be a good idea for me to make an effort to fix my relationship with them, but I know that Sydney was a friend of mine. I also remember that I once had a relationship with her parents. Currently, I am at stage 6, “Universal Principles.” This stage can be defined as “respondents who work towards a conception of the good society.” It suggests that we need to protect certain individual rights and settle disputes through democratic processes. Reason being, I want to keep a good relationship with everyone who plays an important role in my life, such as friends and family, and the ones who are important such as my college professors, my boss, and future colleagues. It is my personal responsibility to succeed and