MORAL

DEVELOPMENT
Lawrence Kohlberg
 LAWRENCE KOHLBERG
He is an American Psychologists. His work is modified and
expanded upon Jean Piaget’s work but his work is more
centered on explaining how children develop moral reasoning
and he propose that moral development is a continual process
that occurs throughout the lifespan.
MORAL
• Concerned with the principles of
right and wrong behavior and the
goodness and badness of human
character
 MORAL DEVELOPMENT
It is a theory that focuses on how
children develop morality and moral
reasoning.

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THREE LEVELS OF MORAL
REASONING
PRECONVENTIONAL

CONVENTIONAL

POST – CONVENTIONAL
FIRST LEVEL OF MORAL REASONING

PRECONVENTIONAL

• Young children under the age of 9

• Earliest period of moral development

 SECOND LEVEL OF MORAL
REASONING

CONVENTIONAL

• Older children, adolescents, and most adults

• Acceptance of authority and conforming to the norms
THIRD LEVEL OF MORAL REASONING

POST-CONVENTIONAL

• Rare with adolescents and few adults

• People develop an understanding of abstract principles

of morality
THREE LEVELS OF MORAL
REASONING
PRECONVENTIONAL

CONVENTIONAL

POST – CONVENTIONAL
PRECONVENTIONAL MORALITY
Stage 1
Obedience and Punishment
(How can I avoid punishment?)

Stage 2
Individual Interest
(What’s in it for me?)
CONVENTIONAL MORALITY
Stage 3
Interpersonal
(Good – boy and Good – girl attitude)
Stage 4
Authority
(Law and order morality)
POST - CONVENTIONAL MORALITY
Stage 5
Social Contract
(Justice and the spirit of the law)

Stage 6
Universal Ethics
(Principled conscience)
In addition, Kohlberg’s theory
played an important role in the
development of moral
psychology.
Kohlberg believed that individuals
cannot go to the next higher stage if
they didn’t passed the lower stage of
moral reasoning.
 Thank
You!! 