Compare and contrast the moral development theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

What will be an ideal response?


The following are suggested areas for students to address in their essays:

Identify each of the three stages of Kohlberg's theory

Describe the moral behavior that develops in the preconventional level

Describe the moral behavior that develops in the conventional level

Describe the moral behavior that develops in the postconventional level

Explain Gilligan's perspective on gender and moral development

Discuss your view on whether or not Kohlberg's and/or Gilligan's moral development theory

is valid

Encourage students to include any personal experiences in relation to Kohlberg's and

Gilligan's theory of moral development

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