Moral & Character Development
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Upon a detailed analysis of the various levels and stages of Lawrence Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory, when an adolescent or adult reaches the stage where they prioritize social contract and individual rights, believing that rules can be changed through mutual consent and democratic processes to protect the welfare of the majority, under which level does this specific stage fall according to Kohlberg's theory and what is its most fundamental philosophical characteristic?
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In Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the fifth stage under 'Post-Conventional Morality' is called 'Social Contract and Individual Rights Orientation'. In this stage, an individual understands that laws and rules are flexible tools that can be changed for the betterment of society and through mutual consent, rather than being cosmic and immutable truths.
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