Interesting philosophical question :)

[TheQwertiest]

(01-21-2013 04:34 AM)Kamikaze28 Wrote:  

(01-21-2013 04:24 AM)Wildtalon1851 Wrote:  TheQwertiest, are you entirely sure that you haven't biased your judgement in respect to my age?

No, I don't think he has. You argued in the 'Law and Order'-direction which corresponds to the 4th stage of Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development. Most people are on the same level.

i actually put her on preconventional under stages 1,2.
i think her answer is more on the direct consequence for the action and also leaning into "paying for a benefit" which is categorized under stage 2. but i could be wrong and which would place her in stage 4.

i think we could judge more accurately if we change the question from "should the man be punished for his theft? and why?" to "should Heinz (the man) have broken into the lab to steal the drug for his wife? why or why not?" which was used in the example