To Kill A Mockingbird Moral Analysis

Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist and educator who developed his own theory of moral development. His theory is characterized by a sequence of six stages grouped into three general levels of morality. The three general levels are preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. To test this out, he used the idea of moral dilemmas or stories and presented them to 10 to 16 year-old boys about morality and values. Kohlberg’s best known moral dilemma is the “Heinz” dilemma. This dilemma discussed the idea of obeying the law versus saving a life. With the information collected, he reviewed people’s responses and placed them in different stages of moral reasoning (“Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development”/Boundless). In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the author writes about a small town in Alabama called Maycomb and how an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, was accused of rape and his case had the whole town talking about it. The narrator’s father, Atticus Finch, defends Tom. Throughout the novel, Scout, and her brother Jem start to see the reality of Maycomb and how poorly the people treated the black people. Both Scout and Jem go through Kohlberg’s stages of moral development but Jem’s development is more noticeable than Scout’s. Jem goes through all the levels and the six

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Kohlberg’s Stage of Moral Development Powerpoint http://www.ghaps.org/portengaa/Videos/Aaron's%20revised%20PowerPoints/Development/Kohlberg's%20Moral%20Development.ppt -Accuses June 7,