According to Kohlberg, Adherence to Moral Codes or to Codes

question 16

Multiple Choice

According to Kohlberg, adherence to moral codes or to codes of law and order is a motive for doing right at which stage of moral reasoning?

• A) pre-conventional
• B) conventional
• C) post-conventional
• D) autonomous
• E) principled

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