Autonomy
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  • Kohlberg


Stage Piagetian Moral Development Kohlberg's Moral Development
Sensorimotor None None
Preoperational Moral constraint/realism Preconventional/Premoral
  • Stage 1: Obedience to authority (heteronomous)
  • Stage 2: Instrumental morality
Concrete operational Morality of cooperation and mutual respect Conventional or Moral
  • Stage 3: Good girl/boy (do unto others)
  • Stage 4: Law & order
Formal operational Abstract morality Postconventional or Autonomous
  • Stages 5 & 6: self-chosen moral principles that are not based on selfish needs, conformity or social structure