Word: gilligan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Females have always been discrepent data. I'm using that discrepent data to explicate female development and new theory." Gilligan says, pointing to the male-oriented research of Kohlberg, Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget...
...recent book, In a Different Voice, Gilligan cites an interview with two 11-year-olds, a boy and a girl, explaining the differences in their moral reasoning processes and the implications of using the traditional stage theory of development to evaluate the children...
When confronted with a moral problem--whether or not a poor man should steal a drug for his dying wife that the druggist would not give him--the boy and girl responded differently in ways that, according to Gilligan, reveal the two distinct moral voices...
Jake, the 11-year-old boy, had little trouble deciding that the husband should steal the drug. His reasoning that "a human life is worth more than money" would, Gilligan says, place him at a high stage of development on a traditional scale, one that shows a principled concern for fairness and deductive logical thinking...
...different path. She is reluctant to let the man steal the drug because she thinks he might be able to solve his dilemma by negotiating with the druggist. She has trouble understanding the druggist's refusal to provide the drug free of charge, his lack of care and concern. Gilligan argues that this difference of approach reveals that women tend to focus on care and on the relationships in a particular situation rather than on principles of justice or fairness...