Sunday, 14 July 2013
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Piaget and Kohlberg's theories (story ideas)
Moral Story – Piaget
Little
Johnny went into the kitchen to steal some jam. When he was reaching up to get
the jam jar, he knocked a cup off the table and broke it. Little Billy was
trying to help his mum and carried the tea tray full of cups and saucers back
into the kitchen. On his way there he tripped and all the cups and saucers got
broken.
Piaget asked his participants:
-
Which
child was the naughtiest?
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Which
child should be punished more?
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Why?
Moral Dilemma - Kohlberg
Heinz's
wife was dying of cancer. Doctors said a new drug might save her. The drug had
been discovered by a pharmacist in Heinz's town but he was charging ten times
more than what it cost him to make. Heinz couldn't afford to buy the drug, so
he asked friends and relatives to lend him the money. But he only raised half
the money needed. He told the pharmacist his wife was dying and asked him to
sell the drug cheaper, or asked if he could pay the rest of the money later.
The pharmacist said no, as he had discovered the drug and wanted to make money
out of it. Heinz then became so desperate he broke into the pharmacy and stole
some of the drug.
Kohlberg then asked participants:
- Should Heinz have stolen the drug?
- Would it change anything if Heinz did not love his wife?
- What if the person dying was a stranger, would it make any difference?
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