What are Kohlbergs stages of moral development?
rural and isolated) societies, even adults rarely progress beyond stage 4. This is understandable in Kohlberg’s terms as the engine of development is the individual’s thinking about moral dilemmas, based on stimulation and challenges that the person encounters. These challenges might not be present in traditional, small or isolated groups. The other possibility, though, is that moral development in such societies progresses along other routes, not defined by Kohlberg. His model is based on the European philosophical tradition and undoubtedly makes value judgments in the way it structures the proposed levels of moral development.
