If You Obey the Rules Because You're Afraid of Punishment

question 3

Multiple Choice

If you obey the rules because you're afraid of punishment, which stage of moral development does that represent?

• A) formal conventional morality.
• B) postconventional morality.
• C) conventional morality.
• D) preconventional morality.

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Definitions:

Free-Rider Problem

A situation where individuals consume a public good without contributing to its cost, undermining the provision of that good.

Public Goods

are commodities or services that are provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.

Rival

In economics, a good or service that cannot be enjoyed by more than one person or group at the same time without diminishing its availability to others.

Excludable

Describes goods from which individuals can be easily excluded for non-payment, emphasizing property rights.