Moral Development

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Let's talk about Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development and try to map ourselves on that trajectory.

Spoiler: Graphs & Images

After looking at the graphs and images section, I want you to talk to me about where you think you are on this trajectory. Maybe you alternate between levels depending on the situation you're in right?

Explain yourself!

 

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Why does this feel so Western-centric thinking to me?

 

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Why does this feel so Western-centric thinking to me?

It probably is, as this psychological model came out in the late 1940s or 1950s. Not the most inclusive era of behavior for us Westerners.

 

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I can't quite place myself. Each stage reflects how I go about things in some way or another.

 

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I can't quite place myself. Each stage reflects how I go about things in some way or another.

I experience the infancy stage when I tiptoe around for midnight snacks and try not to get caught.

 

[Sandie33]

Maybe you alternate between levels depending on the situation you're in right?

Perhaps.

My question is, using myself as an example, I'm the type to strive for consistency at Stage/Level 3 on all three charts.

Wouldn't it make sense that I would have understood, attained and incorporated the other stages preceeding Stage 3?

For clarity, after attaining Levels 5 & 6 in the Post-Conventional stage it would be the assumption that the individual had a sound understanding of their own inner moral compass and lived life from that vantage point rather than conformity to general societal dogmas.

 

[Sidis Coruscatis]

Honestly, most of these just kinda mesh together for me, except the first and the transcendental phase which is so vague that it can mean anything.

I see any morality as a tool for self-empowerment. Some do this by the way of destruction (strictly stage 2), the wiser ones by more constructive means (up to stage 5 but still retaining the lower stages in itself, and especially the 2nd).
I would argue that nobody can be truly altruistic, inasmuch as there's always a reward that outweighs the sacrifice, and I'm not necessarily speaking of material rewards. I help people because taking on someone else's job builds my ability, my confidence, and satisfies me emotionally thereby. And generally as a result, those people will also be more receptive to what I have to say and maybe even start depending on me, which becomes a form of social power.

Having morality in this way is really a daylight robbery. And they even thank you for it!

 

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