One of my teachers from high school (Mr. Boyles) told us a story of an experience he had in Vietnam. Some of his buddies were in a deep hole when a Vietnamese soldier threw a grenade into the hole. To save the lives of his friends, one of the guys jumped on the grenade. He sacrificed his own life so that many others could live. His behavior and thinking exemplify what stage or level of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

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The action of sacrificing oneself for the greater good aligns with Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral development, where moral reasoning is based on abstract principles and the value of human life.

One of My Teachers from High School (Mr