1. Kohlberg LO: I will know what Kohlberg meant by the 6 stages of development. H/W: Find out and write a summary of Singer’s views of the conscience

2. Recap Write a 1 – 2 paragraph summary of Piaget’s idea of the conscience.

3. Heinz example “A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produce. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together about $1,000 which is half of what it cost. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said: "No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make money from it." So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man's store to steal the drug for his wife.” radiumdrugdruggistradiumdrugdruggist Should Heinz have broken into the laboratory to steal the drug for his wife? Why or why not? Write a 2 paragraph summary of Heinz including your opinion.

4. Kohlberg’s response The decision is not the important bit but the justification is important: Stage one (obedience) Stage two (self-interest) Stage three (conformity) Stage three (conformity) Stage four (law-and-order) Stage four (law-and-order) Stage five (human rights) Stage five (human rights) Stage six (universal human ethics) Stage six (universal human ethics)

5. Tasks Complete the table below Explain how a child would respond at each stage if faced with Heinz dilemma. Which stages do utilitarianism, Kant, Freud and Piaget fit in to? Why? Child’s response Ethical theory Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6

6. Conclusion: The good and bad points of Kohlberg Good a) About moral development. b) Individual conscience. Bad a) Are there 6 stages? b) Is sequence right? c) Shouldn’t we be able to go beyond the law?