Editing Situated ethics (section)

==Embodiment==

Humans pass through Kohlberg/Gilligan's stages of moral development.<ref>{{cite book  | last = Kohlberg | first = L. | title = The Psychology of Moral Development: The Nature and Validity of Moral Stages in Essays on Moral Development, Volume 2 | publisher = Harper & Row | date = 1984 }}</ref> Up to stage 3 (Conventional morality:Good Interpersonal Relationships), these stages are compatible with [[Embodied cognition|embodiment]].  Most [[philosophy of law]] emphasizes that the fact that bodies take risk to enforce laws, make laws embodied at least to the degree they are enforced.

However, the stages become problematic when [[Lawrence Kohlberg]] posits a [[universal ethic]]s - that is, a disembodied ethic. All ethical decisions are necessarily situated in a [[world]]. [[Carol Gilligan]]'s view is closer to an [[embodied view]] and emphasizes [[ethical relationship]]s - necessarily between bodies - over universal ethical principles that require a "God's Eye view".  Some ethicists emphasize the role of the [[ethicist]] to sort out '''right versus right''' in a given context.  This is stage 4 but assumes that the ethicist is hesitant to damage relationships or violate principles, e.g. that survival or [[human rights]] take precedence over [[property rights]].