Describe how people resolve moral dilemmas in real life, and compare that process to their approach to hypothetical problems such as Kohlberg's "Heinz dilemma."

What will be an ideal response?


Kohlberg's theory emphasizes rationally weighing alternatives when solving hypothetical moral dilemmas. Real-life conflicts, such as whether to continue helping a friend who is taking advantage of you, often elicit moral reasoning below a person's actual capacity because they involve practical considerations and mix cognition with intense emotion. Although adolescents and adults still mention reasoning as their most frequent strategy for resolving these dilemmas, they also refer to other strategies-talking through issues with others, relying on intuition, and calling on religious and spiritual ideas. And they report feeling drained, confused, and torn by temptation-an emotional side of moral judgment not tapped by hypothetical situations.

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