What is Lawrence Kohlberg?
[[File:Kohlberg Model of Moral Development.svg|thumb|300px|The stages of moral development]] '''Lawrence Kohlberg''' (25 October 1927 – 19 January 1987) was an [[United States|American]] [[psychologist]]. Today, he is mostly known for his theory, that the development of a sense of what is [[moral]]ly right or wrong occurs in different stages. There are three main stages, which are subdivided: * (Pre-Conventional) *# Avoiding punishment *# Self-interest orientation * (Conventional) *# Interpersonal accord and conformity / Social norms *# Authority and social-order maintaining orientation *(Post-Conventional) *# Social contract orientation *# Universal ethical principles {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlberg, Lawrence}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]] [[Category:American psychologists]] {{bio-stub}}