Differences between the TWO THEORIES
KOHLBERG |
GILLIGAN |
I. Ethics of rules and rights |
Ethics of care |
II. Studies based on well educated, white male’s only, tending male bias. |
Studies included females and colored peoples |
III. Application of abstract rules ranked in the order of importance |
Application of context-oriented reasoning. |
IV. Studies were hypothesized for both the genders even though the study was conducted mostly on males |
Study was conducted on both genders and it was found, men based their reasoning on ‘justice’ and women based theirs on ‘care’ |