For this question answer by: 1: What you would do in this situation. 2: Why you

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For this question answer by:

1: What you would do in this situation.

2: Why you would make that choice.

3: Which of Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning your choice represents?

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You are on holiday in Bali with your spouse and 18 year old son. You have been there for a week and are ready to head home. All three of you are at the airport getting ready to board your plane, when an armed officer comes around with a sniffer dog. You have all your bags on a trolley. The dog passes by the bags of you and your spouse, but begins barking when it reaches your sons' bag.

Your son appears obviously anxious. A year ago he had a problem with prescription drugs but has since turned his life around. At first you feel angry that he would do such a thing and start planning your responsibility lecture, but then you realize that you are in Bali, and they have a zero tolerance policy on drugs, meaning your son could be jailed for life, or worse, executed, if he does have some illicit materials in his bag. You look at your spouse and realize they have come to the same conclusion and has gone pale with fear.

The armed officer accompanying the dog finds a baggie of drugs in your sons' bag. The officer looks at you and asks “Whose bag is this?”

Should you save your son and claim the bag is yours?

Explanation / Answer

1. I would take up claim for the bag to save my son.

2. This choice is made because the son is just 18 years old, and he wouldn't have realized the seriousness of this issue. The other reason for this is that, he hasn't began his life and that it's necessary to give him a chance to live his life. For me I have almost seen all the shades of life. Then, my partner and my son would look for ways to legally take me out of the situation.

3. This is Kohlberg's sixth level of Universal ethical principle that emphasizes to hear the voice of inner conscience even it means to disobey some rules and values.

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