title: Lawrence Kohlberg
text: Lawrence Kohlberg (25 October 1927 – 19 January 1987) was an American psychologist. Today, he is mostly known for his theory, that the development of a sense of what is morally right or wrong occurs in different stages. There are three main stages, which are subdivided:
   (Pre-Conventional)
   Avoiding punishment
   Self-interest orientation 
   (Conventional)
   Interpersonal accord and conformity  / Social norms
   Authority and social-order maintaining orientation 
  (Post-Conventional)
   Social contract orientation
   Universal ethical principles
  
  1927 births
  1987 deaths
  American psychologists