Explain the major points regarding psychologist Carol Gilligan's theory of moral development for females.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Girls and women see morality in terms of responsibility toward individuals and willingness to sacrifice themselves to help specific individuals within the context of particular relationships.
- Gilligan proposed three stages that females pass through: (1) orientation toward individual survival, (2) goodness as self-sacrifice, and (3) morality of nonviolence.
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