Shawshank Redemption Analysis - Kohlberg and Maslow connection!

Lawrence Kohlberg, a famous psychologist, developed a theory which entailed six stages of moral development. The aim of his theory is to allow individuals to be characterised into one of the stages, based upon their moral & ethical well-being. Life experiences usually allow further development, thus moving the individual to advance to higher stages. On the other hand, Abraham Maslow developed a different theory based on human's most basic needs which is represented in …

…many of his inmates develop morally, particularly Red who was eventually released from prison and travelled to spend the rest of his days with his friend, Andy. As demonstrated above, both Kohlberg's and Maslow's moral development theory's can be used to analyse Andy. As he became more morally stable, he advanced to higher levels. There is a possible chance that Andy could reach stage six of Kohlberg's theory, but this would just simply take time.