Uhlexah

Hi Alexa, lets work together on the Wikipedia assignment. Carissa.Raines512 (talk) 20:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Uhlexah, where is your proposal? Jbdolphin (talk) 03:39, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

A cup of coffee for you to inspire movement on this assignment! Jbdolphin (talk) 18:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

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Alexandra,

Good work so far! Given that I know nothing of Carol Gilligan, I think your summary gives me a good bit of background. The following suggestions I have for your paragraph are listed in bold below:

Gilligan is known for her work with Lawrence Kohlberg on his stages of moral development as well as her criticism of it. Gilligan argued that Kohlberg's stages of moral development were male-oriented. She proposed her theory of stages of female moral development based on her idea of moral voices. According to Gilligan, there are two kinds of moral voices: the masculine and the feminine. The masculine voice is "logical and individualistic" , meaning that the emphasis in moral decisions is protecting the rights of people and making sure justice is upheld (Muuss,1988). The feminine voice places more emphasis on protecting interpersonal relationships and taking care of other people. For Gilligan, Kohlberg's stages of moral development emphasized the masculine voice and, because of this incongruency in voices, it was therefore difficult to accurately gauge a female's moral development. There are three levels with two transition periods in her stages of female moral development. Expand on this more - add more content.

Other suggestions include inserting hyperlinks to other wikipedia pages such as:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg (Use when you first introduce Lawrence Kohlberg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development (Use when you reference Kohlberg's stages of moral development) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship (Use when you reference Interpersonal Relationships)

Wikiriker (talk) 19:37, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

COMMENTS

I agree with Wikiriker's comments. Watch out for use of male and female when you are referring to people. It has the effect of dehumanizing people, especially for women. I know there are critiques of Gilligan's work. Were you going to take these up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.9.8.127 (talk) 19:30, 27 April 2015 (UTC) Jbdolphin (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Annotated Bibliography

Muuss, R. E. (1988). Carol Gilligan's theory of sex differences in the development of moral reasoning during adolescence. Adolescence, 23(89). pgs. 229-43.

Muuss discusses Gilligan's theories of sex differences in moral development. Gilligan theorizes that there are two moral voices: the masculine and feminine. The masculine voice is logical and individualistic, while the feminine is focuses more on interpersonal relationships and the needs of others. This article discusses her criticism of Kohlberg's theory and also their joint research on moral development in adolescence. Gilligan's stages of female moral development are also defined and discussed, followed by a critique on Gilligan's theory.

White, T. I. (1992.) Business, ethics, and Carol Gilligan's "Two Voices." Business Ethics Quarterly, 2(1). pgs. 51-61.

This article first discusses Carol Gilligan's concept of the two moral voices, which are the masculine and the feminine. White also discusses the different foci of each voice. The masculine emphasizes justice, while the feminine emphasizes community and interpersonal relationships. White argues that Gilligan's philosophy can be applied to business settings, where several studies have found that men and women handle ethical problems differently, and specifically cites studies on marketing professionals and managers. Finally, White concludes that there is value in both moral voices, and that effort should be made to combine both approaches, especially in business ethics.

Kyte, R. (1996.) Moral reasoning as perception: A reading of Carol Gilligan. Hypatia, 11(3). pgs. 97-113.

Kyte argues that the two perspectives of care and justice are not as black and white as has been suggested, because "attention does not require attachment and...impartiality does not require detachment" (97). Kyte discusses moral reasoning as a product of perception, meaning that the way an individual perceives a situation and its context will influence the individual's later moral decision. However, Kyte argues against the idea that a man or woman will immediately see a moral situation differently. Instead, based on the individual's perception of the issue, the person will decide what is morally right based on what that individual believes are the most "significant factors" (111) necessary to make a moral decision.Uhlexah (talk) 01:56, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Research Log

As mentioned, I cannot provide dates. However, all of my sources were gathered from CSU Channel Islands' library database.

First search terms I used were Carol Gilligan and moral development. I thought using my topic as my starting point was the best idea. There was not enough time to even look at a book, so I narrowed my search to journal articles and to sources that had the full text available.

The first article I found was Muuss, R. E. on gender differences in moral development in adolescence. This provided a great synthesis on Gilligan's theory that was extremely helpful in showing the difference between her theory and Kohlberg's theory so I thought it was good to keep.

I shortened the search term to just "Carol Gilligan" and found my last two articles through this. I wanted a more basic overview of Gilligan's philosophy and also how it has been applied.

The first article using just Gilligan as the search term was White, T. I., which was on the first page. This showed the applicability of Gilligan's theory of moral development to real world situations in business.

The last article I found was Kyte, R. on page two of the search term results. This article also provided a synthesis of Gilligan's work and provided evidence for an argument giving a different perspective on Gilligan's theory, but not exactly critiquing it. Uhlexah (talk) 07:28, 20 May 2015 (UTC)