Preconventional
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Preconventional is an adjective meaning (ethics) Belonging to the earliest of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, focusing on self-interest and on obedience for the sake of avoiding punishment.
Meaning
(ethics) Belonging to the earliest of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, focusing on self-interest and on obedience for the sake of avoiding punishment.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include premoral, preethical, protocratic, pretraditional, postformal, prepersonal.
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