Edmund is a Boy Scout. While on a camping trip, the scout leader tells the boys to stay away from the lake. Some of the scouts ignore the leader and go fishing by the lake anyway. Edmund wants to do what the leader tells him and believes that good behaviors are rewarded while bad behaviors are punished. Which level of moral reasoning is he in?

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Edmund's belief that good behaviors are rewarded and bad behaviors are punished is indicative of the preconventional level of moral reasoning, in which individuals obey rules to avoid punishment or gain rewards.

Edmund Is a Boy Scout