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Stanley, a lawyer, strongly believes that it is his duty to win a case even if his client is guilty of a crime. In the context of kohlberg's stages of moral development, stanley is at the _____ of moral development. Preconventional level postconventional level conventional level unconventional level

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Postconventional Morality: This level of moral development consists of an approach from a superior perspective to society.

The sixth stage of moral development according to Kohlberg is that of "morality of universal ethical principles". The individual defines good and evil based on ethical principles chosen by him, his own conscience.

The answer is: Postconventional level

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In the context of kohlberg's stages of moral development, stanley is at the "postconventional level" of moral development.


Postconventional level is the third and last level of Kohlberg's moral development taxonomy where people enter the most abnormal amount of resolve advancement. Individuals who have achieved this phase of advancement are worried about the natural privileges of people and guided by their own particular moral standards. A person in this phase of advancement may trust it worthy to take exploratory creatures keeping in mind the end goal to spare the creatures' lives. They trust it to be the ethical activity despite the fact that they are overstepping state and government laws.

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