KOHLBERG’S

THEORY OF
MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
PREPARED BY: ARIANE AGUAS
 LAWRENCE KOHLBERG

• Born in Bronxville New York

• October 15 1927
• Died on January 17th 1987 at the
age of 59
• kohlberg Became a professor of
education And social psychology at
Harvard in 1968.
• His book on moral Development is
used by teachers around the world to
promote moral reasoning.
 •PRE-
CONVENTIONAL
•CONVENTIONAL
•POST-
CONVENTIONAL
KOHLBERG’S 3 MORAL
REASONING
Throughout the preconventional level, a child’s sense
of morality is externally controlled. Children accept
and believe the rules of authority figures, such as
parents and teachers.  A child with pre-conventional
morality has not yet adopted or internalized society’s
conventions regarding what is right or wrong, but
instead focuses largely on external consequences that
certain actions may bring.

PRE-
CONVENTIONAL
Throughout the conventional level, a child’s sense of
morality is tied to personal and societal relationships.
Children continue to accept the rules of authority
figures, but this is now due to their belief that this is
necessary to ensure positive relationships and societal
order. Adherence to rules and conventions is somewhat
rigid during these stages, and a rule’s appropriateness or
fairness is seldom questioned.

CONVENTIO
Postconventional morality is the highest stage of morality in
Kohlberg's model, in which individuals have developed their
own personal set of ethics and morals that they use to drive their
behavior. Most of the time, their ethics and morals agree with
social norms, practices and laws, but there can be conflicts
between what is socially acceptable and what an individual
believes. According to postconventional morality, when these
conflicts occur, the individual should stay true to their own
ethics.

POST-
CONVENTION
 KOHLBERG’S
LEVELS OF
MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS!