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The Development of Moral & Social Judgments

The Development of Moral & Social Judgments. The Culture of Morality: Chapter 5 Jill Pence & Jennifer Steele. Character. General. Specific. Linked to morality Honesty Compassion Courage Responsibility Loyalty Conscience. Group Cultural National types/subtypes

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The Development of Moral & Social Judgments

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  1. The Development of Moral & Social Judgments The Culture of Morality: Chapter 5 Jill Pence & Jennifer Steele

  2. Character General Specific Linked to morality Honesty Compassion Courage Responsibility Loyalty Conscience • Group • Cultural • National types/subtypes • Represented in the individual

  3. Early Theories of Morality Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory Skinner, Watson, Miller & Dollard Behaviorism Theory Piaget’s Social Development Theory Conflict with morality in society is biological, instinctual. Aggression is natural. Society must be regulated and controlled to prevent chaos. Moral behaviors are learned through habit and behavioral modification in society utilizing rewards, punishment, & imitation. Development stems from reciprocal interactions and understandings of experiences.

  4. Moral Development Piaget Kohlberg What is morality? “Child is a moral philosopher” 3 levels of moral development Preconventional Conventional Postconventional • Heteronomous Morality • Cognition • Experience • Interpretation • Mutual respect • Shifts from unilateral respect • Morality of Autonomy • Purpose replaces fixed notion

  5. Domains of Judgments Conventional Moral Include welfare, justice, and rights Harming others Physical Psychological Include social systems, but are not legitimated by them Impartial • Social systems • Accepted norms • Authority/Rules • Uniformity

  6. Personal Choices & Freedoms • Do not inflict harm • Not regulated by conventional ways • May vary by culture and/or context • Personal needs, interest, goals • Looking out for #1 • Is it truly culture specific?

  7. Real life vs Textbook • Looked at a survey of colleagues, family, and friends to compare responses of moral development against the readings • 36 out of 70 responses • Most over the age of 30 • All but 2 from religious background

  8. Character • Seen by all participants as the way in which a person acts • “my reputation” • “ability to stand for something” • “response to situations in life”

  9. Morality The Survey results: • “how society thinks things should be—the accepted Norm” • “set of values that each person takes on at some point in their lives…shaped by culture, religion, peers, personal identity…variable” • “principles that make things right” • “socially accepted behavior” • Results seem to follow more of the behaviorist beliefs of morality—societal norms and external factors

  10. Where is Morality Learned? • Survey results: • “Everything we are exposed to” • “culture, religion (or lack there of), peers, personal identity” • “authority figures—mainly parental figures” • “home, church, school, but some of it we are born with”

  11. Can Morality only be learned in childhood? • 31 “no’s” • “it can shift as you grow” • “life long process” • “no, we are deeply influenced by our environment. Every person we meet has a positive or negative effect on our minds and hearts and we seem to try to imitate the behavior that we most admire with the people we come in contact.” • “They can as adults, but it will take life altering consequences…”

  12. Conclusion What do you think?

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