Chapter 12 Moral Development and moral trait 12.2 Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning Kohlbergs stage theory of moral reasoning is an elaboration and refinement of piaget's Like Piaget, Kohlberg studied how children(and adults) reason about rules that govern their behavior in certain situations. Kohlberg did not study children's game playing, but rather probed fo for their responses to a series of structured situations or moral dilemmas. His most famous one is the followingChapter 12 Moral Development and Moral Trait • 12.2 Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning • Kohlberg's stage theory of moral reasoning is an elaboration and refinement of Piaget's. Like Piaget, Kohlberg studied how children (and adults) reason about rules that govern their behavior in certain situations. Kohlberg did not study children's game playing, but rather probed for their responses to a series of structured situations or moral dilemmas. His most famous one is the following: