What Form of Moral Reasoning Do People from Collectivistic Cultures

question 49

Multiple Choice

What form of moral reasoning do people from collectivistic cultures show when they are evaluated with Kohlberg's dilemmas of moral reasoning?

• A)They are judged as reasoning at the conventional level.
• B)They are judged as reasoning at the preconventional level.
• C)They rarely rise about the conventional level.
• D)They are rated as postconventional reasoners, regardless of the naïveté of their cognitions.

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Definitions:

Postmodernist Culture

Characterizes a society influenced by postmodernism, emphasizing skepticism towards grand narratives, the fragmentation of cultural discourse, and the plurality of identities.

George Simmel

was a German sociologist and philosopher who explored the dynamics of social interactions and the structures of urban life.

Totalizations

The process or practice of making comprehensive or totalizing statements or theories, often criticized in postmodern thought for oversimplifying complex realities.

Bricoleur

A person who creates or constructs from a diverse range of available things; or, in Levi-Strauss's anthropology, someone who uses pre-existing tools or materials in new and creative ways.