Macy Really Wants the Cool New Jacket She Has Just

question 179

Multiple Choice

Macy really wants the cool new jacket she has just seen in the store, but she does not have enough money to buy it. For a second, she thinks about stealing the jacket but decides that while stealing is not wrong, she might get punished if she is caught. Macy's moral reasoning appears to be at Kohlberg's _____ level.

• A) preconventional
• B) conventional
• C) postconventional
• D) unconventional

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