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What is Gilligan’s Moral Development Theory

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Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
An alternative theory to Kohlberg’s theory, proposed by Gilligan (1982) that argues that ethical decisions based on justice and fairness were incomplete. Gilligan called her theory “ethics of caring”, it is a stage theory of moral development for women grouped into three major levels: pre-conventional, conventional, and post conventional. For Gilligan, the transitions between the stages are dependent on changes of the self and the environment in which the self lives, rather than the Kohlbergian changes in cognitive capability.
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The Morality of Reporting Safety Concerns in Aviation
Kawtar Tani (UCOL, New Zealand)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch278
Abstract
Previous investigation into the morality of actions suggested that individuals' level of cognitive moral development, strongly influences their decisions regarding what is right or wrong, and focuses upon the rights, duties and obligations involved in a particular ethical situation. Using the cognitive moral development framework, this research sought to explore the moral reasoning behind aviation employees' intentions to report wrongdoing in the aviation context. Findings indicated that a significant association between participants' intentions to intervene in a wrongdoing situation, and their level of moral reasoning exists. Specifically, the modal level of participants' moral reasoning was consistent with the Conventional level of moral theories, and was higher for participants who stated that they would intervene, than for participants who stated they would not intervene in a wrongdoing situation.
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