Essay On Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory

Kohlberg’s moral development theory100
“Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams lasts forever” –Walt Disney. The man who satisfied his dreams created another quote about how it doesn’t matter how old one is because everyone is still capable of laughing, having imagination, and even dreams even though your age is growing up. It seems as if another theorist does believe in growing up, and they also believe in certain stages and levels that one goes through while growing into an adult. Kohlberg had a theory and it was based off of the moral development. There were three levels and six stages that were used in his theory. Each level consists of two stages. The first level is “preconventional.” In level, the stages are “obedience orientation” and

The second level of Kohlberg’s moral development theory is “conventional.” These two stages, stages three and four, consist of “being nice/relationships orientation” and “law and order orientation.” Stage three is about building friendships and other relationships based off of how you are treating others and the stage four is about following all of the laws that are created. The last level is called “postconventional (principled) level.) These two stages that are in this level, stage five and six, are “social contract orientation” and “universal ethical principles orientation.” Stage five, “social contract orientation” emphases how the person is trying to get approval like feedback from others. Stage six, “universal ethical principles orientation,” focuses on the morals of social justice or the lack of that is presented and sticking to what is believed no matter the other opinions of others. These are all of the stages that are expressed through Kohlberg’s theories of moral development, but it should be known that some people don’t agree with these stages because they aren’t necessarily in the order that is presented and because people can experience multiple levels