Development of Ethical Decision-making
Ethical decisions come from a place of conscience. For many, conscience is simply an internal source of reward and punishment. (1) But according to researcher Lawrence Kohlberg, conscience is only one of several ways in which values are represented in the personality. (1) Kohlberg believes there are higher levels of moral development and these are acquired in stages.
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