The "social contract" stage of Kohlberg’s postconventional level focuses on making judgments based on what best protects individuals.
Social-Contract Orientation is stage 5, and in this stage the world is seen as holding diverse sentiments, rights, and qualities. Such points of view ought to be commonly regarded as novel to every individual or network. Laws are viewed as implicit agreements as opposed to unbending decrees. Those that don't advance the general welfare ought to be changed when important to meet the best useful for the best number of individuals. This is accomplished through greater part choice and inescapable trade off. Democratic government is hypothetically based on stage five reasoning.
