MORAL MATURITY
USING SOCIAL SKILLS
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SKILLS TO A
MORAL MATURE PERSON
 Morally
mature people have the skills
to participate in the social world. They
can understand others, make
themselves understood, and
sometimes persuade others to adopt
their own point of view.
 Morally
mature people know that
group norms affect behavior, and that
social pressure is used to encourage
obedience. They can maintain their
commitment to their principles in the
face of group pressure.
Example of Morally mature Person using
social skills
 Eugenie
high school friends are smoking after
school. Eugenie’s friend Anna is persuading her
to try smoking too so she can join them in
their after class smoking session. Eugenie
declined right away because she believe that
smoking can cause great threat to her health.
Eugenie told her friends to do their thing and
let her do her thing.
MORAL MATURITY
USING PRINCIPLES
WHAT IS PRINCIPLE FOR A MORAL
MATURE PERSON
The
ultimate sign of moral
development in Kohlberg's (1976)
model is principle-based
reasoning. A principle is an
abstract moral idea applied across
situations
 Morally
mature people do not slavishly
obey one principle, however. They are
aware of the conflicts between
principles that underlie moral
dilemmas.
 Just
like Eugenie’s experience with her
High school friends. Eugenie understand
that her friends enjoy smoking after school
as a stress reliever from the school’s
pressure. However, this did not deter
Eugenie’s view about smoking. Eugenie
recognized that people have different
principles in life and respect them.