Week 4 - Lawrence Kohlberg stages of moral development

Punishment and obedience

Individual and instrumental exchange

Mutual and interpersonal conformity

Law and order

Social contract and individual rights

universal ethical principles

lawrence Kohlberg stages of moral development

Punishment and obedienve

Individual and instrumental exchange

Pre conventional level stages

Mutual and interpersonal conformity

Law and order

Conventional level stages

Social contract and individuals rights

Universal ethical principles

Post-conventional level stages

stage 1 punishment and obedience

Morality is based on avoiding punishment

stage 2 Individualism and instrumental

Morality involves pursuing one's own interests while respecting others' interests.

A moral perspective characterized by the principle of “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” is based on a retaliatory or retributive approach to justice

gandhi and Jesus christ

Who transcended stage 2 rather than being confined to it?

Stage 3 mutual and interpersonal conformity

Morality is defined as a social approval, maintaining relationships, and conforming to societal expectations

Stage 4 law and order

Morality is about following laws and upholding social order

Stage 5 social contract and individual rights

Morality transcends individual perspectives and considers societal agreements and individual rights

Stage 6 Universal ethical principles

Morality is guided by ________________, even if they conflict with societal laws or rules

Stage 1 punishment and obedience

What stage is this

I want to avoid punishment

stage 2 Individual and instrumental exchange

What stage is this

I want to have a reward or in exchange of something

Stage 3 mutual and interpersonal conformity

What stage is this

Ton gain the approval of others

Stage 4 law and order

What stage is this

It is according to the law and rules

Stage 5 social contract and individual rights

What stage is this

It will be for the common good

Stage 6 universa; ethical principles

What stage is this

It is the good thing to do

Moral maturity

Is seen in an agent who acts on what she has understood, using her full rationality, to be what is right, regardless of whether the act will bring the agent pleasure or pain and even regardless of whether the act is in accordance with ones communitys laws or not