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PRECONVENTIONAL LEVEL (childhood)

            Stage 1            Punishment orientation

                                    Right and wrong is determined by what is punished

            Stage 2            Naïve reward

                                    Right and wrong is determined by what is rewarded

CONVENTIONAL LEVEL (adolescence)

            Stage 3            Good boy / good girl orientation

                                    Right and wrong is determined by other’s approval and disapproval

            Stage 4            Authority orientation

Right and wrong is determined by society’s rules and laws, which should be obeyed rigidly                   

POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL (adulthood)

            Stage 5            Social contract orientations

Right and wrong is determined by society’s rules which are viewed as fallible rather than absolute

            Stage 6            Individual principles and conscience orientation

Right and wrong is determined by abstract ethical principles that emphasize equity and justice