Kohlberg's Level and Stages of Moral Development
1. Preconventional: no appeal to moral frame work and not internalized.
a) Punishment
b) Hedonism
2. Conventional: expectations/rules
a) "Nice Boy/Girl"
b) Law and Order
3. Postconventional: advanced internalized moral most people do not reach
a) Social Contracts
b) Universal ethical
Back to Heinz's Dilemma back on October 8th and putting myself in his shoes and putting me in one of these categories would be Conventional, because I would not steal that medicine for my fiancé no matter how sick he was. The reason would be that it is wrong for me to steal and that I am the type to be looked upon as the nice girl; I do not do many things wrong. I am a good role model, I guess. If in the dilemma there was a 100% guarantee that the medicine would work, then I think I would have a moral dilemma myself. I think I would possibly steal it, but with feeling horrible for doing so, if it would cure my fiancé. I won't put my reputation on the line to steal if it wasn't going to help. I am not putting myself on the line. Not to sound cold-hearted, but everyone has to die sooner or later, and maybe my fiancé's number is up. I am not a religious person; I'm agnostic. But I do think that we are here for a reason and when we die it's our time to go; we had finished what we were put here to do.
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