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POSTCONVENTIONAL MORALITY [1 record]

Record 1 1994-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

Kohlberg's third and highest level of moral development, in which one places reliance on his or her own conception or symbolic understanding of morality.

OBS

Related terms: conventional morality, preconventional morality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Troisième et dernier niveau de développement moral selon Kohlberg. À ce niveau, l'individu se fie à sa propre conception ou à sa propre compréhension symbolique de la moralité.

OBS

Termes connexes : moralité conventionnelle, moralité préconventionnelle.

Spanish

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