Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0927 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gilligan's Critique
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The idea
Gilligan argued that Kohlberg's sequence privileges reasoning from justice over reasoning from care and relationship.
In practice
A response emphasizing the harm to relationships scores lower on Kohlberg's scale without being less developed.
Where people slip
Empirical support for a consistent gender difference is weak. The critique of what the scale rewards has held up better.
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