D. Post Conventional Transitional: Stage 6: Universal Ethical Principles features:
Example:" Everyone needs to drive at a safe speed to protect all of us!" Ages: highly educated & sophisticated adults Population: 5 % or less of US population Examples:
An individual who reaches this stage acts out of universal principles based upon the equality and worth of all human beings. Persons are never means to an end, but are ends in themselves. Having rights means more than individual liberties. It means that every individual is due consideration of his interests in every situation, those interests being of equal importance with ones own. This is the "Golden Rule" model. A list of rules inscribed in stone is no longer necessary. At this level, God is understood to say what is right because it is right; His sayings are not right, just because it is God who said them. Persons at this level have accepted God's invitation to "come and let us reason together". |