Nick Decides to Join Boy Scouts

question 44

Multiple Choice

Nick decides to join Boy Scouts. He likes the structure scouts provide of being told how to act and the way that people give him positive reinforcement for being a Boy Scout. He wants others to see him as a good person, especially his parents and teachers. Which stage of moral reasoning is Nick most likely in?

• A) Stage 3-conventional moral reasoning
• B) Stage 4-conventional moral reasoning
• C) Stage 1-morality of constraint
• D) Stage 1-preconventional moral reasoning

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