1st Edition

Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Reasoning

By Carol Harding Copyright 2010
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

213 Pages
by Routledge

This book deals with moral dilemmas and the development of ethical reasoning in two senses. First, the editor focuses on dilemmas, both real and hypothetical, which require moral judgments. The ""Heinz dilemma,"" part of Kohlberg's scoring system for level of moral development, is in some cases used as a point of departure for discussion. Problems with this particular dilemma as a scoring item... Read more
List of ContributorsIntroduction, by Carol Gibb Harding1. Four Perspectives on Moral Argumentation,by Marvin W. Berkowitz2. Abraham, Socrates, and Heinz: Where Are the Women?(Care and Context in MoralReasoning),by Marilyn Friedman3. Intention, Contradiction, and the Recognition of Dilemmas,by Carol Gibb Harding4. Emotion, Morality, and Understanding,by Lawrence Hinman5. Resolving, Moral Conflicts within the Just Community,by Lawrence Kohlberg6. Growth and Regression in Cognitive-Moral Development ofYoung University Students,by Georg Lind7. The Moral Adequacy of Kohlberg's MoralDevelopment Theory,by Larry May8. Children's Conceptions of Morality, Societal Convention,and Religious Prescription,by Larry P. Nucci9. Religious Dilemmas: The Development ofReligious Judgment,by Fritz OserIndex

Biography

Carol Harding