Individuals at Kohlberg’s postconventional level of moral development ________

A) accept the rules of authority figures and judge actions by their consequences
B) believe that actively maintaining the current social system ensures societal order
C) define morality in terms of abstract principles and values that apply to all situations and societies
D) view behaviors that result in punishment as bad and those that lead to rewards as good


Answer: C

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