Identify and discuss the various stages of moral development

What will be an ideal response?


• Level One—Preconventional Stages—These are the first stages and they are characterized by unquestioning obedience and the gratification of one's own needs.
o Stage One: Punishment and Obedience Orientation
o Stage Two: Instrument and Relativity Orientation
• Level Two—Conventional Stages—At the conventional stages, the individual recognizes that meeting expectations of others, such as family, peer groups, friends, or employees, is valuable in its own right.
o Stage Three: Interpersonal Concordance Orientation
• Level Three—Postconventional Stages—These stages represent the higher level of values and are the autonomous or principle stages. At this level, there is a questioning of the existing social and legal system in the light of social utility and abstract principles, such as justice and human dignity. At this stage, we no longer accept the values and norms of our group, but attempt to view situations that impartially take into consideration everyone's interest.
o Stage Four: Law and Order Orientation
o Stage Five: Social Contract Orientation
o Stage Six: Universal Ethical Principles Orientation

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