Question

When faced with a conflict between law and conscience, a person who is at the _____ stage in kohlberg's theory of moral development will follow conscience, even though the decision might involve personal risk?

Answer 1

The correct answer is stage 6, or universal ethical principles.
There are six stages in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, and the universal ethical principles stage is the last one. According to this stage, everything is subjected to one's own moral understandings, even secular laws. Laws are followed only if they match with that individual's personal conscience.