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Ideas of Lawrence Kohlberg, by Text

[American, fl. 1969, A professor of psychology.]

1969 works
p.166 Avoid punishment, then get rewards, avoid rejection, avoid guilt, accept contracts, follow conscience
     Full Idea: Kohlberg's six stages of ethical development are: 1) avoid punishment, 2) obtain rewards, 3) avoid rejection, 4) avoid censure and guilt, 5) recognise contracts, 6) individual conscience.
     From: report of Lawrence Kohlberg (works [1969]) by Edmund O. Wilson - On Human Nature p.166
     A reaction: This doesn't throw much light on philosophical problems, but the order of the six stages is interesting. Beware of oversimplification, because a situation can put pressure on any one of these six aspects of morality.