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Lawrence Kohlberg formulated a theory asserting that individuals progress through six distinct stages of moral reasoning from infancy to adulthood. He grouped these stages into three broad categories of moral reasoning, pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional.
Kohlberg's theory of moral development is a theory that focuses on how children develop morality and moral reasoning. Kohlberg's theory suggests that moral development occurs in a series of six stages and that moral logic is primarily focused on seeking and maintaining justice.
Moral development is formed through social interactions and experiences in early life. Kohlberg’s theory outlines 6 stages, ranging from external consequences to abstract reasoning. Alternative frameworks, such as Gilligan’s “ethics of care” and social learning theory, emphasize relationships and observational learning in moral reasoning.
Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development is a theory proposed by psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987), which outlines the different levels and stages of moral reasoning that individuals go through as they develop their understanding of right and wrong.
Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, comprehensive theory developed by Kohlberg in 1958 based on Jean Piaget’s theory of moral judgment for children. Kohlberg’s theory focuses on the thinking process that occurs when deciding whether a behaviour is right or wrong.
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development constitute an adaptation of a psychological theory originally conceived by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. Kohlberg began work on this topic as a psychology graduate student at the University of Chicago in 1958 and expanded upon the theory throughout his life. [1][2][3]
Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development. To understand adult morality, Piaget believed that it was necessary to study both how morality manifests in the child’s world as well as the factors that contribute to the emergence of central moral concepts such as welfare, justice, and rights.