Lawrence Kohlberg identified the following levels of moral reasoning:

the hedonistic orientation, the needs orientation, and the stereotyped orientation.
the empathic orientation, the transitional level, and the values orientation.
the pre-moral level, the level of moral realism, and the level of moral relativism.
the pre-moral level, the moral level, the post-moral level.
the pre-conventional level, the conventional level, the post-conventional level.

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Lawrence Kohlberg identified the following levels of moral reasoning: the pre-conventional level, the conventional level, and the post-conventional level.

Kohlberg's theory of moral development includes six stages divided into these three main levels. The pre-conventional level focuses on self-interest and avoiding punishment, the conventional level focuses on conformity and maintaining social order, and the post-conventional level emphasizes abstract reasoning and universal ethical principles.