Criticism of Kohlberg 's moral development stage Part 1: The criticism of Kohlberg' s moral developmental stage seems to be centered around three main points. . The first criticism I wanted. The address is his research method. Kohlberg is often criticized not only for his subject selection, but also for his attempt to release data from these subjects. His early work consisted of a boy from a private university in Chicago.
These critics believe that the moral development phase of Kohlberg is only an attempt to make his moral beliefs look like psychological facts. There seems to be confusing normative aspects in the theory of Kohlberg's moral development as well. That is, it seems to indicate that some moral reasoning is superior to other moral reasoning. Of course, this predicts some moral assumption, so from a philosophical point of view, the discussion of Kohlberg is cyclical. There is also research that a 6-year-old child can obtain an ambiguous concept of universal ethical principles. Time wheel of the story "(traditional, arbitrary, unethical)
A comprehensive stage theory based on the moral development of Lauren Scottberg's ethical development stage, moral judgment theory of Piaget's child (1932) was developed by Lauren Scott Berg in 1958. Kohlberg's theory is essentially focusing on my thinking process. Determine if the behavior is correct. Therefore, the theoretical focus is to decide how people deal with ethical dilemmas, not people's decision and doing. In the former tradition, morality is controlled from the outside. The regulations established by the authorities are in compliance with regulations to avoid penalties and remuneration. The point of view of this opinion is that what is right is that people can escape, or what personal satisfaction is. There are two levels 1