A student does not really think about plagiarism as a true injustice to her fellow students. she believes it is acceptable because her close friends say that plagiarism is just a survival skill that everybody uses. applying kohlberg's theory, what level best describes the student's judgment about plagiarism?

conventional Plagiarism is the act where a person uses another person’s idea without acknowledging the owner of this idea. Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional. While unintentional plagiarism can occur without the awareness of the students, intentional plagiarism reflects the moral position of the student. In the first stage of moral development, people may avoid committing plagiarism because societal laws discourage this behavior. Therefore, plagiarism is avoided in order to avoid punishment. For instance, a student may avoid plagiarism in order to avoid being expelled from school. When people move to the second stage of moral reasoning, they develop the view that right behaviors are ones that promote own interest.