Kohlbergian analysis of the moral reasoning in Lino Brocka's leading films

• Main Authors: Palmes, Diana F. F., Demeterio, Feorillo Petronilo A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Lino Brocka, 1939-1991 > Criticism and interpretation; Lino Brocka, 1939-1991 > Ethics; Motion pictures—Moral and ethical aspects > Philippines; Motion pictures—Philippines > Plots, themes, etc.; Film and Media Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2138
• Institution: De La Salle University

The year 2014 marks the 75th birth anniversary of the Filipino film maker and National Artist for Film Lino Brocka. By using the moral development theory of the American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, this paper examines sixteen cases of moral dilemmas and their resolutions, as found in Brocka'...