1)For more than thirty years, Lawrence Kohlberg studied the ways that young men arrived at moral judgments. (2)On the basis of the thought processes shown for moral decisions, Kohlberg described three levels of moral reasoning. (3)The first level is preconventional morality. (4)People at this level, under external controls, obey rules to avoid punishment or harm to people or property; or they act in their own self-interest. (5)This level is typical of children aged 4 to 10. (6)Kohlberg’s next level of morality is conventional role conformity. (7)People at this level have internalized the standards of authority figures. (8)They are concerned about being “good,” pleasing and caring for others, and maintaining the social order. (9)This level is typically reached after age 10; many people never move beyond it, even in adulthood. (10)Kohlberg’s last level is morality of autonomous moral principles. (11)At this stage, morality is fully internal. (12)People now recognize conflicts between moral standards and make their own moral judgments on the basis of principles of right, fairness, and justice. (13)People generally do not reach this level of moral reasoning until at least age 13, or more commonly in young adulthood, if ever.

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(1)For more than thirty years, Lawrence Kohlberg studied the ways that young men arrived at moral judgments. (2)On the basis of the thought processes shown for moral decisions, Kohlberg described three levels of moral reasoning. (3)The first level is preconventional morality. (4)People at this level, under external controls, obey rules to avoid punishment or harm to people or property; or they act in their own self-interest. (5)This level is typical of children aged 4 to 10. (6)Kohlberg’s next level of morality is conventional role conformity. (7)People at this level have internalized the standards of authority figures. (8)They are concerned about being “good,” pleasing and caring for others, and maintaining the social order. (9)This level is typically reached after age 10; many people never move beyond it, even in adulthood.

(10)Kohlberg’s last level is morality of autonomous moral principles. (11)At this stage, morality is fully internal. (12)People now recognize conflicts between moral standards and make their own moral judgments on the basis of principles of right, fairness, and justice. (13)People generally do not reach this level of moral reasoning until at least age 13, or more commonly in young adulthood, if ever.

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1. In general, the major supporting details of this paragraph are
a. types of value judgments.
 
b. examples of moral and immoral behavior.
 
c. stages of moral reasoning.
 
d. experiments in moral development.
 
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