Monica Attends a Private Boarding School with a Strict Dress

question 39

Multiple Choice

Monica attends a private boarding school with a strict dress code and many rules for acceptable behavior. When asked why she won't wear clothes that are against dress code, she says that the principal made the rules for a reason and that it is up to him to change them; she doesn't have the right to change the dress code just because she doesn't like it. Which stage of moral reasoning is Monica 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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