allery'If everyone ignored the rules of the land, society would collapse, so I obey them.' Which stage?
AStage 3: good boy/girl
BStage 5: social contract
CStage 2: self-interest
DStage 4: law and order
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Stage 4: law and order
1. The reason given is keeping society functioning.
2. Kohlberg's Stage 4 holds that laws must be obeyed because they maintain social order.
3. The worry that one violation would lead everyone to break laws is typical Stage 4 reasoning.
**Why not the others:** Stage 5 sees laws as changeable agreements; this speaker treats the law as something to be upheld.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development", section "Conventional" (revision 1376737595)_
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