New Albany High School | Night Intolerance New Albany High School | Night
Word of the Day Intolerance (noun) Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differs from one’s own
Quote of the Day “Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue” -Charles Simmons
Overview Introduction: W.o.D and Q.o.D Informal Quiz Line Activity Milgram’s Shocking Experiment Heinz Dilemma Continue reading: Night
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Line Activity
Milgram’s Shocking Experiment Stanley Milgram: Obedience Study http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W147ybOdgpE (3:23)
Experiment Overview
How Many Conformed? Hint: How much of the Earth is covered in water?
Moral Development Lawrence Kohlberg Psychologist who introduced a theory on moral development What is a moral? What is morality?
Morals
Morals Versus Ethics Moral: what an individual believes is right or wrong. The study of what others feel is right or wrong. The study of a collective group of morals.
Heinz Dilemma A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produce. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together about $1,000 which is half of what it cost. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said: “No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make money from it.” So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man's store to steal the drug for his wife. Should Heinz have broken into the laboratory to steal the drug for his wife? Why or why not?
Pre-Conventional Morality Morality based on: REWARDS and PUNISHMENTS Two Stages: 1. Obedience (How can I avoid punishment?) 2. Self-interest (What’s in it for me or my family?)
Conventional Morality Look at morality based on how OTHERS see you… “LAW AND ORDER” Two Stages: Interpersonal Accord and CONFORMITY AUTHORITY and social order: LAW AND ORDER
Post-Conventional Morality Based on self-defined ethical principles Two Stages: Social Contract (based on democracy or country’s values) Universal Ethical (Principled Conscience)
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