Contemporary
Religious Values
Fall 2008
Study
Guide for Mid-term
People:
From the texts and notes, you should be able to identify the following
individuals, and their major contributions or area of study.
Erikson Kohlberg
Maslow Gilligan
Ehrlich Hinman
Houston Smith
From
the texts and notes you should be able to address the following topics:
Objectivism
Relativism
Consequentialist
Mixed Consequentialist
Natural
Law Theory
Stages
of Moral Growth
Ethics
psychology
of grace
Moral Reasoning
Religion
and Ethics (Hinman)
Erikson's
Psychosocial Theory
Please
answer all of the following questions. All answers should be in essay form and
display a clear knowledge of the subject.
1.
Describe the eight stages of moral development which Erickson develops. In your
answer, be sure to include examples of each stage.
2. As outlined in the notes, describe the
relationship of 'Life', 'Liberty', and the 'pursuit of happiness'. Are they equal? Is there a hierarchy which
needs to be followed? If so, explain.