allery'Laws must serve all and be changed by fair vote when they fail.' Which stage?
AStage 4: law and order
BStage 6: universal ethics
CStage 5: social contract
DStage 3: good boy/girl
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Stage 5: social contract
1. The speaker sees laws as agreements, not fixed commands.
2. Laws that do not serve the general welfare should be changed.
3. Kohlberg's Stage 5 regards laws as social contracts open to revision.
4. Change happens through majority decision and compromise, as in democratic government.
**Why not the others:** Stage 4 treats laws as fixed rules to uphold. Stage 6 rests on self-chosen universal principles, not on social agreement.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development", section "Post-conventional" (revision 1376737595)_
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