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LACK OF DISCIPLINE - PASSIVITY AND LACK OF ❑ When an action is constantly repeated, over time
INITIATIVE - COLONIAL MENTALITY - KANYA-KANYA it can become a habit (the physician who
SYNDROME - LACK OF SELF ANALYSIS AND automatically writes a prescription for patients who
REFLECTION ask and no longer thinks it through).
❑ Individuals focus on the direct consequences that ❑ At this stage, the appropriate action is determined
their actions will have for themselves. The individual by one’s selfchosen ethical principles of
will obey in order to avoid punishment. conscience.
STAGE TWO: INSTRUMENTAL PURPOSE ❑ These principles are abstract and universal in
ORIENTATION application. This type of reasoning involves taking
the perspective of every person or group that could
❑ “What's in it for me” position. Right behavior is potentially be affected by the decision.
defined by what is in one's own best interest (self-
interest orientation). The individual focuses on
receiving rewards or satisfying personal needs.