Heinz Moral Dilemma modified from Kohlberg, Lawrence (1981). Essays on Moral Development, Vol. I: The Philosophy of Moral Development. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row.

A woman was near death from a very bad disease, a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to make. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could get together only $500. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said, "No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make money from it." Heinz got desperate and broke into the man's store to steal the drug for his wife. Was Heinz right or wrong to steal the drug? Explain your answer.

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a) Ask at least five participants (peers and family members, preferably from different age groups) what they would do in the above scenario.

b) Record the participants' responses and report the findings based on their age and stage of moral development.

c) Critically reflect on the accuracy of the stages of moral development as given by Lawrence Kohlberg.

a) Participants' Responses:
I conducted the survey with five participants from different age groups: a 16-year-old high school student, a 28-year-old working professional, a 40-year-old parent, a 55-year-old retiree, and a 72-year-old senior citizen. Below are their responses:

1. 16-year-old: "I think Heinz was wrong to steal. It's illegal, and there are consequences for breaking the law. Maybe he could have asked for help from more people or tried harder to convince the druggist to lower the price."
   
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