Interpersonal relationships Conformity/Interpersonal Accord (School-age) Effort is made to guarantee support and preserve friendly interactions with others. The child wants t recognition as a good person and gains respect with approval from others.
4. Authority/Social order (School Age) Law and order remain merited as the highest morals; social compliance is a must in maintaining a well-designed social order. The commitment of morality is upheld to the social order and avoid guilt.
III: Post-Conventional - It originated in one’s self-chosen beliefs where a person’s judgment is the moral reasoning of rights and justice. Kohlberg stated, “This level of moral reasoning is as far as most people get.” Only 10-15% are capable of the kind of abstract thinking.”
5. Social contract (Teens) Morally right and legally right are not always the same. The teen begins to accept that people have different values and understandings of law which are contingent on each different culture. The protection of one’s life is extremely more important than defying the law against stealing.
6. Universal principles (Adulthood) People are developing their own morality based principles that exceed mutual advantage. Developing internal moral values, a person will abide by then above the laws