Sebastian, Who Is 6, Walks into the Kitchen and Sees

question 72

Multiple Choice

Sebastian, who is 6, walks into the kitchen and sees that his mother has left cookies out on the table as a snack for him and his brother, Benjamin. They are chocolate chip, Sebastian's favorite kind. He briefly thinks that if he took all four cookies, Benjamin would never know. Then he remembers that the last time he did that, he had to sit in time out for an hour while Benjamin got to play in the pool with their dad. Sebastian decides to take only two of the cookies. Which stage in Kohlberg's theory is Sebastian in?

• A) autonomous morality
• B) heteronomous morality
• C) preconventional moral reasoning
• D) conventional moral reasoning

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