Lawrence Kohlberg had stages on which he believed moral development happened. I to a degree agree with his stages.

As opposed to what Jean Piaget thought, that there were only to stages, which I disagree with. I feel that the example of the Heinz dilemma was portrayed great throughout the video to help us understand which each step truly meant in the eyes of the beholder. In depth, the stages of Lawrence Kohlberg that I firmly believe with are stage one, where rules are absolute. I use to nanny for a family who was in the process of teaching their daughter rules they were very black and white and right from wrong. We would try and test her through conversation to see if she was grasping the teachings. When we would ask her about stealing she would look at us and say that is bad. And the same went for lying. With that, I agree with Kohlbergs first stage because children at a young age are unable to see more than one way of things, due to their innocence. Another stage I agree with is, stage four, the individual is much older at this stage and are part of society now. Therefore, like Kohlberg, I believe they are acting the same as a child would, following the rules because thats what they were told to do. There is more focus on obey laws and authority now than stage one but in general they are the same. Like, the Heinz dilemma, when asking a child if stealing is okay, they will say no. For an adult, they will also say no but because they know the consequences. When I was younger, I took a candy bar from a gas station and was caught; the lady that caught me explained to me that it was not right to steal. I am not sure how much trouble I would get into for stealing a candy bar but say I were robbing a bank, I would end up with a felony and jail time. This proves my point, that stealing is wrong no matter the degree and both stage one and four portray this. I disagree with Jean Piaget and the thought of there being two stages of moral development. Younger children 11 and under believe rules are absolute that they always need to follow whereas older children know that rules can change. I get where Piaget is coming from because till a certain age your innocence shields you from knowledge of other things. But, I feel this is saying that older children react the same way to rules as adults because they do not see rules as absolute anymore. That is untrue in my eyes. Granted, adults make mistakes and do not abide by the rules; they see and understand rules completely different than say a teenager does. For example, when I was in high school, I still lied to my parents about my whereabouts, now as an adult (even though I do not live with them), if they ask what I am doing, even if they will not agree with my actions, I still tell them the

truth. Because I do not fear getting in trouble and the truth is just better off. Not lying was an absolute rule for me as a child, it became something I could work around as a young adult and again, its a rule as an adult, be honest. In connection with what we learned from the book, Kohlbergs theories are also broken up into three stages, Preconventional, Conventional and Postconventional. This goes along with what, Gilligans stages are. I agree with what Gilligans stages are, Preconventional being self-centered, like Kohlbergs stage one theory. The Conventional stage is self-sacrificing; I can make the connection that in stage two and three in Kohlbergs theory, and the Postconventional stage being connected with stages four and five in Kohlbergs theory. To make a personal connection, young child that I know are rather self-centered at a young age (nanny experience), when I am attempting to get the little girl I nanny for ready for school, she only considered herself, not that her brother or myself have to be to school on time, it is like she is on her own time clock. The way I see self-sacrificing is, when the boy is late for school, he always says its okay, she doesnt understand yet. He is sacrificing himself to make sure his sister does not get in trouble. Then, the last stage where is states that people are more mature. I feel is where the parents are at, they try to make the situation better by waking up the little girl earlier or getting her stuff ready at night, they have taken a more mature view to things. Kohlbergs theories I feel are something that each person should be aware of, it will help people understand each other better. People will understand why children have the moral development they do and how older individuals have the moral development they do. The video was well done to help out the understanding of this by using the Heintz dilemma and individuals from each stages understanding.