Teresa, Who Is in Her Early 30s, Was Arrested After

question 44

Multiple Choice

Teresa, who is in her early 30s, was arrested after participating in a sit-in as part of a protest march. She says, "I know what I did is against the law; 99 percent of the time I think a person should obey the law, because otherwise we'd have chaos. But sometimes laws are wrong, and I have to disobey them in order to try to change them." In Kohlberg's category system, Teresa is reasoning at the _______.

• A) hedonistic level
• B) preconventional level
• C) conventional level
• D) principled level

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