When Individuals Make an Ethical Decision on the Basis of Avoiding

question 42

Multiple Choice

When individuals make an ethical decision on the basis of avoiding direct consequences and they obey to avoid punishment, this is an example of which stage of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

• A) level 1: preconventional thinking
• B) level 2: conventional thinking
• C) level 3: postconventional or principled thinking
• D) level 4: graduated level of thinking

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