Kohlberg's stages of moral development is a theory holding that moral reasoning develops through six stages grouped into three levels, pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional, each stage more adequate than the last at responding to moral dilemmas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimMoral reasoning develops through six stages, each more adequate than the last at responding to moral dilemmas, grouped into three levels: pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional. 1 Connections
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The six stages of moral development occur in phases of pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional morality.
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Kohlberg began work on this topic as a psychology graduate student at the University of Chicago in 1958 and expanded upon the theory throughout his life.
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Lawrence Kohlberg's theory on the stages of moral development is an adaptation of a psychological theory originally conceived by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget.
In Branch: Moral Psychology, Lead section
Lawrence Kohlberg's theory on the stages of moral development is an adaptation of a psychological theory originally conceived by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget.
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