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PART 2: ADDRESSING MORALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS - KOHLBERGS 6 LEVELS OF MORAL REASONING
Season 12
Episode 2
Published 5 years, 2 months ago
Description
Lawrence Kohlberg (1984) research was not focused on behaviors, but in the subjects’ reasoning behind their behaviors. From this he developed his theory of moral development. This theory describes six stages of moral reasoning at three different levels.
I. Pre-Conventional Level
Stage 1 - Punishment.
Stage 2 - Rewards.
II. Conventional Level
Stage 3 - Social Approval.
Stage 4 - The Law.
III. Post-Conventional Level
Stage 5 - Social Contract.
Stage 6 - Universal Principle.