Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0505 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Kohlberg's Moral Development
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The idea
Kohlberg proposed that moral reasoning develops in stages, moving from avoiding punishment, to following social rules, to reasoning from abstract principles.
In practice
Asked why stealing is wrong, children answer by punishment, then by rules, then by principle.
Where people slip
The stages describe reasoning about morality, not how people actually behave.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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