Jane justifies sharing her lunch with a classmate by saying, "Well, she forgot her lunch and doesn't have anything to eat. I don't have to share and wouldn't feel bad not sharing because she should have remembered to bring her lunch. So it's her fault, but she has to eat." Jane would be classified at the _____ level of prosocial moral reasoning.

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Jane's reasoning is focused on the immediate needs of her classmate rather than on seeking approval, personal gain, or acting out of empathy. She recognizes the classmate's need to eat as more important than the classmate's responsibility for forgetting her lunch, which aligns with needs-oriented reasoning.

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