In response to the moral dilemma in which a man must decide whether he should steal a medication to save his dying wife, a child says that he should steal the drug because if he lets his wife die he'll get into trouble. This child would be classified as being in Lawrence Kohlberg's level of moral reasoning.

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The child's reasoning is based on avoiding punishment, which is characteristic of the preconventional level of moral reasoning in Kohlberg's theory.

In Response to the Moral Dilemma in Which a Man