Talk:Carol Gilligan
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[edit] POV of Criticism Section
While the criticism section does present both sides of the argument on the Gilligan's research methods, the tones seems to be biased in favor of Gilligan and attacked the criticism present by Hoff Sommers. --chemica 08:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- You first need to show that Hoff Sommers is qualified to meaningfully criticise Gilligan. I think you'll find that hard to do, since Hoff Sommers has no training in psych and is well-known as a rightwing ideologue. Katzenjammer 19:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I adjusted the response to the criticism to make it less biased, and noted the need for a citation.
>>Just a note, I just read this page, & obviously must've read the revised area, because I don't see any bias in the critism section. It could be expanded, just on the basis of explaining empiricism and the critisms of non-experimental style studies so a lay person would understand why Sommers criticizes Gilligan's work and thus understand that Gilligan's work is still valid regardless of its disputed empiricism...but on the other hand, a lay person may not be reading this...
[edit] Question
I came here because I was reading the page on Kohlberg's stages of moral development and saw the link to what I thought would be an explanation of a feminist critique of Kohlberg. The critique's description seems a little . . . skimpy. Does Gilligan offer a rival set of steps? If so, they should be included in this article. RobertAustin 23:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reply
She did offer her own set of stages of moral development for women:
Stage 1: Focus on Survival →→ Moral Development: What is best for me?
Stage 2: Focus on goodness as self-sacrifice →→ Moral Development: Am I willing to help others even if it hurts me?
Stage 3. Morality of non-violence →→ Moral Development: I will not hurt others or myself.
Unfortunately, this is all the information that I have.
From: Images of Society, Charles Hawkes, et al., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001
Roland Johnson 21:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)