The purpose of this study was to as sess whether children's conceptions regarding authority vary as a function of the development of distributive justice. 484 children from 1 to 6 graders were administered 4 interviews to examine this relationship. Their interviews consisted of 4 story-dilemmas (about adult authority, peer authority, and distributive justice). Their responses were analyzed in detail by issue scoring method which classified into one of 6 levels. The results showed that children's authority levels were closely associated with age, and their justice levels. It was suggested that children's developmental status on the sequence of justice levels approximately lead their progress on the authority levels.