The cause of the death of Lawrence Kohlberg was confirmed as suicide. Lawrence Kohlberg passed away on January 19, 1987, at the age of 59.
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On January 19, 1987, Kohlberg parked at the end of a dead-end street in Winthrop, Massachusetts, across from Boston’s Logan Airport.
Despite his early death, his work has had a lasting impact on the field of psychology and has helped to shape our understanding of moral development.
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Lawrence Kohlberg was born on October 25, 1927, in Bronxville, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn.
Lawrence Kohlberg received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1948 and later earned his PhD in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1958.
Lawrence Kohlberg later became a professor at Harvard University, where he continued his research on moral development and also developed his influential theory of moral development.
Lawrence Kohlberg’s work focused on understanding how individuals develop a sense of moral reasoning and how this process is influenced by social and cultural factors.


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