Moral & Character Development
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In the context of Lawrence Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory, if an adolescent is transitioning from the 'Good Boy/Good Girl Orientation' stage of Conventional Morality to the 'Social Contract and Individual Rights' stage of Post-conventional Morality, which of the following best represents the main qualitative change occurring in their moral reasoning?
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According to Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development, when an individual moves from the 'Good Boy/Good Girl' orientation (Stage 3, conventional level) to the 'Social Contract' (Stage 5, post-conventional level), their perspective rises above individual approvals of others to consider broader human rights, fairness, and democratically established social contracts.
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