Moral psychology

for his work on the stages of moral development. He was born in Bronxville, New York on October 25, 1927. He was the youngest of four children and the child of Alfred Kohlberg and Charlotte Albrecht. He spent most of his adolescent life in Andover, Massachusetts where he attended Phillips Academy, a private high school. He continued his education, studying at the University of Chicago, where he earned his bachelor degree as well as his doctorate degree in psychology. In his dissertation he…

For centuries, male intellectuals argued that the nature of women is inferior to men and made male domination of women necessary. However, the new movement for women?fs right called feminism was born in the age of Enlightenment. The strongest statement was advanced by the English writer Mary Wollstonecraft. She argued that women should have equal rights with men in education, as well as in economic and political life. Enlightenment thought had some impact on the political life and social…

He claims to favour the interests of the city over all but then shows his true colours by both acting and ranting like a tyrant. Antigone is steadfast and determined in her aim - she fully believes that the rule of god must take precedence in this matter regarding death, as well as revealing her belief that it is the family that is more important than the state. In contrast, it is Oedipus’ desire to serve his adopted city, and to release it from its’ suffering, that propels him toward the awful…

with multiple varying answers. There are many theories trying to answer this question, such as, Plato 's claim that "owning objects is detrimental to a person 's character", whereas Aristotle argues that "ownership of tangible goods helps to develop moral character." However, to truly answer this this question, we must first answer the question, what is ownership? If this question is asked, friends, relatives, even strangers, will state similar answers. People will say something along the lines…

Dictionary Morality is “a doctrine or system of moral conduct”(Merriam-Webster). Individuals are raised to understand societies’ social norms. Whether this is to be religious or not one is raised to learn right from wrong, from a young age. Societies standards teach us that every action has a repercussion, whether it is to be positive or negative. Although an individual learns societies standards, experiences also shape ones moral code. This moral code refers to the conduct in which one behaves…

Should people embrace euthanasia as one of the methods of inducing one to a “merciful death?” There are several reasons why people would argue for and against euthanasia. The process of inducing somebody to death can seem unimaginable but it is emerging as one of the most preferred mode for death particularly for patients with terminal illnesses and whose chances of survival are very low. Terminal illnesses take a great toll on the health of a person, and this presents with signs such as…

Bias in History: Analogies of Witch Hunts and McCarthyism Going through high school in my small hometown, I would always hear about McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare, in a poor context. One common analogy I heard was connecting McCarthyism to the witch hunts that I would hear about from the medieval period. This shows a bias has been developed against the topic and is now ingrained into society. To examine this topic I looked at sources involving both McCarthyism and the witch hunts. While…

Cultural relativism may be defined as a theory that advocates the idea of subjective morality. To extrapolate, this theory entails that “different cultures have differing moral codes” and these variances are merely arbitrary. Although this is a seemingly sufficient theory, there are key issues with this school of thought. James Rachels suggests several issues with accepting cultural relativism. He criticizes cultural relativism by stating that the theory is absurd as it entails severe…

I in this discussion post would like to discuss the externalities, meaning the uncompensated impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a third party, presented and disregarded in the news in connection to the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas. In addition, I would also like to discuss if the stated assumptions of the positive externalities are correct or not. I will be taking articles from other new sources that will not be clearly directed at the Las Vegas stadium, but stadiums…

The world would be terribly boring if we all agreed on the same things. What is considered to be right and wrong merely depends on society and cultural beliefs. With that being said, what may be correct in the moral aspect for one, may be totally despicable for another individual. This way of thinking correlates to relativism. There are several different types of relativism. Cultural relativism, descriptive ethical relativism, and normative relativism. There are many situations in which…