Joseph decided to tell the principal that his friend committed an act of vandalism at the school. he knew that if no perpetrator was identified, these acts would continue and that the reputation of his school would be hurt by these actions. joseph is at what level of moral reasoning?

pre-conventional
conventional
advanced
post-conventional

The correct answer is conventional.

Explanation:

Vandalism refers to an infraction that comprises the deliberate deterioration of private or public property. Conventional reasoning signifies the tendency of adolescents and adults to justify the activities of other human beings with respect to society's expectations and ethics.  

In the given case, Joseph is at the conventional level of moral reasoning in which he is thinking about the fact that vandalism is wrongdoing that should be prevented in the school in order to sustain the status of the school. His worry is for society.