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| Lawrence Kohlberg | identified three stages of moral thinking |
| preconventional morality | Morality is self-interested, a child will obey rules to gain concrete reward or avoid punishment. |
| conventional morality | Morality is upheld in order to gain social approval or maintain social order. Being a "good boy/nice girl." |
| Postconventional morality | Morality is based in self-defined ethical principles and relies on an idea of human rights and justice. |
| Carol Gilligan | developed theories of morality by incorporating gender differences into the equation |
| justice-based system of morality | individuals act autonomously and consequences should be based on fairness and equality |
| care-based system of morality | focus on the avoidance of violence |
| Erik Erikson | eveloped the eight Stages of Psychosocial Development |
