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Kohlberg's Moral Stages (Level 1: Pre-conventional (Stage 1:…
Kohlberg's Moral Stages
Level 1: Pre-conventional
Stage 1: Obedience/Punishment
Infancy
Looks to find how to avoid punishment
Right and wrong determined by punishment
Stage 2: Self-interest
Pre-school
Interest shifts from punishments to rewards
Effort made for greatest benefit of oneself
Only interested in securing their own benefit
Level 3: Post-conventional
Stage 5: Social Contract
Teenagers
Seek mutual benefit
Morally right and legally right are not always the same thing
Utilitarian rules make life better
Stage 6: Universal Principles
Adults
Morality is based on principles that surpass mutual benefit
Answer to an inner conscious
Learned that there is a difference between what is right and wrong from a moral perspective and there are times to break rules for what is morally right
Level 2: Conventional
Stage 3: Conformity and Interpersonal Accord
School-age
"Good boy/girl" level
Effort made to secure approval of others
Effort made to maintain friendly relations with others
Learn about rules and authority
Level 2: Conventional
Stage 4: Authority and Social Order
School-age
Orientation focused on fixed rules
Increased morality
Maintain social order
View rules as inflexible
Interpersonal accord expanded to include society
Understanding on how they should behave