Kohlberg's Morality

Preconventional Morality

Stage 1: Heteronomous Morality: Obedience and Punishment

Stage 2: Individualism, purpose and exchange: will go along for reward

Conventional Morality: Conformity

Stage 3: Interpersonal expectation and Conformity: Follows rules to be accepted by others

Stage 4: social systems morality: authority and morality that benefits social order

Post Conventional Morality: Self accepted

Social Contract: morality of contract, individual rights, democratically accepted law

Universal Ethical Principles: can conflict with society's morals, more internally focused and guilt when broken