Read the following scenario. Based on the character's stated reasoning, identify which of the three major stages of moral development is being demonstrated and explain why.

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Kohlberg's theory can be broken down into three different stages of moral development that humans go through:
1. Pre-conventional Morality 
2. Conventional Morality
3. Post-conventional Morality 

Stages of Moral Reasoning 

The Preconventional Morality stage is one of Kohlberg's three moral stages of development. This stage, Kohlberg maintained, takes place from the time a person is born, until they turn approximately nine years old.

Preconventional Morality

The Conventional Morality stage is Kohlberg's second of the three moral stages of development. This stage, Kohlberg maintained, takes places from early adolescence into adulthood.

Conventional Morality

The Postconventional Morality stage is Kohlberg's final of the three moral stages of development. This stage, Kohlberg maintained, takes places only in some adults. He believed that that it was actually very rare for a person to graduate to this stage. 

Postconventional Morality

Kohlberg's theory posits that moral development follows a specific sequence. An individual typically moves from pre-conventional morality (before age 9) to conventional morality (in early adolescence). The progression culminates in post-conventional morality, a stage linked to the achievement of formal operational thought, which is reached by only a few individuals.

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