Academic Year 2015-2016
Event Title
The Morality of Individual Principles of Conscience, its Transformative Power, and its Corollaries
Location
Cotilla Gallery (2nd floor), Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
Start Date
3-12-2015 12:00 PM
End Date
3-12-2015 1:00 PM
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Ethics and Political Philosophy | History | Politics and Social Change | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology | Sociology of Culture
Description
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, most individuals reason at the level of “conventional morality,” whereas only a few individuals reason at a higher developmental level of morality. The latter can opt to challenge the status quo and become promotors of social justice with the power to change the course of human history. This lecture will examine Kohlberg’s “post-conventional morality” and the deeds of some best known historical figures that have spoken truth to power.
The Morality of Individual Principles of Conscience, its Transformative Power, and its Corollaries
Cotilla Gallery (2nd floor), Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, most individuals reason at the level of “conventional morality,” whereas only a few individuals reason at a higher developmental level of morality. The latter can opt to challenge the status quo and become promotors of social justice with the power to change the course of human history. This lecture will examine Kohlberg’s “post-conventional morality” and the deeds of some best known historical figures that have spoken truth to power.