Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of morality

Lawrence Kohlbergs theory of morality development most accurately portrays the way humans chose their morality. Carol Gilligans theory that girls develop other(a) than because of the emphasis put on a womans image in caring for others is sound, but oversimplifies. And Jean Piagets theory may accurately describe the cognitive process of differentiating between the hard and profligate societal rules and the ones that tooshie be bent or broken, but she neer accounts for the self and self-needs in her theory (Feldman, 2006).The surprising thing is that all triplet theories assume that society is the primary teacher of morality to children. Society can include family members and friends, so it can accurately reflect the familial voice in morality. Only Kohlberg comes close to explaining people who choose to stray from societal norms. Kohlbergs theory accounts for the concept of to thine ownself be true, something none of the other theories do. (Feldman, 2006). Kohlbergs example of stealing the medicine to save ones wife is the solitary(prenominal) time a moral dilemma is address in the three theories. If one of the other theories made sense, they would be fitting to explain why people stray from societys morality. Kohlberg is the only one of the theories that makes sense. ReferenceFeldman, R. S. (2006). Development Across the Life Span. Upper shoot River, NJ Pearson