| 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
|