At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expect… — Lawrence Kohlberg

At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences.

Lawrence KohlbergEducator · American · 1927 – 1987

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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. — Oscar Wilde
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. — Michel de Montaigne
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