Kohlberg Flashcards
1
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Level 1: Preconventional
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Stage 1: Heteronomous morality
Stage 2: Instrumental morality
2
Q
Level 2: Conventional
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Stage 3: Good-child morality
Stage 4: Law-and-order morality
3
Q
Level 3: Postconventional or Principled
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Stage 5: Social-contract reasoning
Stage 6: Universal Principles
4
Q
Stage 1: Heteronomous morality
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- Right: adherence to external rules
- Reason: avoid punishment
5
Q
Stage 2: Instrumental morality
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- Right: own interests
- Reason: own needs
no longer dependent on external authority to determine right and wrong
6
Q
Stage 3: Good-child morality
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- Right: live up to expecatations, have good motives, pro-social
- Reason: be a good person, care for others
7
Q
Stage 4: Law-and order
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- Right: following the law. helping society
- Reason: promoting the rules of the societal group
8
Q
Stage 5: Social-contract reasoning
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- Right: upholding universal values and rights
- Reason: abide by the social contract that promotes everyone’s welfare
9
Q
Stage 6: Universal Principles
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- Right: universal principles of justice
- Reason: a belief in the validity of universal moral principles
