Morality Levels

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Based on Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development but I add a Level 0 for infants or sociopaths who never deveoped any moral code.

Here are the levels:

  1. Level 0 Infant or Sociopath who has no moral code.
  2. Level 1 (Pre-Conventional)
    1. Obedience and punishment orientation
      1. How can I avoid punishment?
    2. Self-interest orientation
      1. What's in it for me?
      2. Paying for a benefit
  3. Level 2 Conventional
    1. Interpersonal accord and conformity
      1. ' Social norms
      2. The good boy/girl attitude
    2. Authority and social-order maintaining orientatio
      1. ' Law and order morality
  4. Level 3 Post-Conventional
    1. Social contract orientation
    2. Universal ethical principles
      1. Principled conscience