The Postconventional Level implies the understanding and acceptance of the general moral principles that inspire the Norms.
And it is subdivided into two sections:
1.- Priority rights and social contract, It is the stage of opening to the world. It is recognized that in addition to one's family, group and country, all human beings have the right to life and liberty, rights that are above all social institutions or conventions.
And 2.- Universal ethical principles, It is realized that there are universal ethical principles that must be followed and have priority over conventional legal and institutional obligations. In this stage the golden rule of morality reigns: "To do to the other what I want for myself".
The postconventional stage in the three levels of moral development of Kohlberg is based on the behavior of man with himself, and with society.
