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pre-moral
pre-moral adj. 
/(ˌ)priːˈmɒrl̩/,
Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈmɒrəl/
, /(ˌ)priːˈmɒrəl//(ˌ)priːˈmɒrl̩/U.S. /ˌpriˈmɔrəl/
of, relating to, or designating a stage of development prior to the acquisition of moral responsibility./ˌpriˈmɔrəl/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > [adjective] > before moral awareness
pre-moral1858
1858 G. Duff in Evening Star 14 Aug. 2/6 Belonging as he [sc. Lord Palmerston] does, to the premoral, as Lord Derby says he does to the pre-scientific, school.
1898 L. F. Ward Outl. Sociol. v. 112 The evolving intellect throughout all this long pre-social and pre-moral period was exclusively devoted to the egoistic interests of individuals.
1963 L. Kohlberg in Vita Humana 6 13 The six developmental types were grouped into three moral levels and labelled as follows: Level I. Pre-Moral Level.
2000 Ethics 110 868 Kohlberg struggled for years with how to classify the relativists—are they in ‘transition’.., or do they ‘regress’ to a premoral stage?
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