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1、Jennings5RyanJenningsDr.OguineEnglish1201-ZFEAnalyticalEssay229October2003Gilligan’sPerceptionofMorality:MissingtheConceptThoughindividualslivebyandreactsimilarlytovarioussituations,notallpeoplehavethesamemorals.IcanrelatetoinstanceswhereIhavesupportedab
2、elief,regardlessofthecriticismsthatarise,allbecausemychoiceisbaseduponpersonalmorals.ThesamecanbesaidregardingDebraJ.Dickersonassheexpressesinhernovel,AnAmericanStory.InCarolGilligan’s“ConceptsofSelfandMorality,”shestates,“Themoralpersonisonewhohelpsothe
3、rs;goodnessinservice,meetingone’sobligationsandresponsibilitiestoothers,ifpossiblewithoutsacrificingoneself”(170).Afterconsideringthisstatement,IstronglyfeelthatGilligan’sproposallacksthedepthtoaccuratelycharacterizethemoralperson,butIamabletoacceptthear
4、gumentraisedbyJoanDidion.Heressayentitled,“OnMorality,”clearlyprovidesamorecompellingandacceptablestatementindescribingthemoralpersonbysaying,“Ifollowedmyownconscience,IdidwhatIthoughtwasright”(181).JoanDidion’sproposalispreciseandacceptable.Itisobvioust
5、hataslongaspeoplefollowwhattheybelieveistherightthingtodo,andapproachthesituationmaturely,theiractionscanbeconsideredexamplesofmorality,andtheycanthenbeconsideredmoralhumanbeings.Amoralpersongoesbeyondthephrase,“withoutsacrificingoneself,”providedbyGilli
6、ganinheressay.Thisisclearbylookingbackataspecificexample.Icanrecallatimewhenanentireclassofminedecidedtoplayatrickonateacherinhighschool.Theyplannedonmanipulatingherbytellingliesinregardtowhatshehadassignedandmadeherfeelembarrassed.Iwantednottobepartofth
7、esehurtfulactions,soratherthantaggingalongasJennings5mostoftheotherstudents,Ididsomethingaboutit.Istoodmygroundandasthestudentstoldonelieafteranother,Iraisedmyhandandmadeherawareoftheprankthatwasbeingexecuted.Thougheveryonelookeduponmeastheonewhospoilede
8、verything,thesimplegestureofraisingmyhandrevealedmymoralstotheclass.Atthetime,IfollowedmyconscienceandfollowedthroughwithwhatIthoughtwasright,whetherothersagreedwithmeornot.ThisclearlysupportsandexemplifiesDidon’sexplanati
