Amanda Finds Out That Her City Is Planning on Building

question 69

Multiple Choice

Amanda finds out that her city is planning on building a road through land that is rumored to have Native American burials on it. She organizes a protest and the group takes turns camping out on the land to prevent the trucks from building the road. Amanda is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

• A) Stage 5-Social contract orientation
• B) Stage 6-Universal ethical principles
• C) Stage 4-Law and order
• D) Stage 3-Good girl/good boy orientation

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