"Moral reasoning is the study of how people think about right and wrong and how they acquire and apply moral rules."
The process of thinking through ethical problems and coming to a decision based on moral principles.
Moral Objections: Understanding the various moral objections people might have towards trolley problems, such as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and pragmatism.
Consequentialism: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that the morality of an action is determined by its consequences, such as the number of lives saved in a trolley problem.
Deontological Ethics: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that the morality of an action is determined by its adherence to certain moral rules or duties, such as not killing innocent people in a trolley problem.
Virtue Ethics: Understanding the ethical theory that focuses on the character of the moral agent, such as the trolley driver, and the virtues or traits of character they possess.
Moral Responsibility: Understanding the concept of who is morally responsible in trolley problems, such as the trolley driver, the person who set up the track, or even passive bystanders.
Dilemmas: Understanding the ethical problem posed by trolley problems, which often involve difficult choices between two or more competing moral principles.
Utilitarianism: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that we should maximize overall happiness or pleasure, such as by minimizing the amount of suffering caused by trolley problems.
Rights-based Ethics: Understanding the ethical theory that focuses on the inherent rights of individuals, such as the right to life, which may be considered in trolley problems.
Moral Absolutism: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that there are certain moral principles that are always right or wrong, and how this applies in trolley problems.
Moral Relativism: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that moral values and judgments are relative to cultural, historical, or individual contexts, and how this applies in trolley problems.
Moral Justification: Understanding the process of justifying a specific moral action or decision, and how this relates to trolley problems.
Moral Dilemmas: Understanding the ethical problem posed by trolley problems, which often involve difficult choices between two or more competing moral principles.
Ethical Decision Making: Understanding the process of making moral decisions and how this relates to trolley problems.
Moral Realism: Understanding the ethical theory that holds that moral statements can be true or false, and how this applies in trolley problems.
Moral Disagreements: Understanding how moral disagreements can arise in trolley problems, and how to handle such disagreements.
Utilitarianism: The ethical theory that actions are morally right if they produced the greatest total amount of happiness, or the least total amount of suffering, for the greatest number of people affected by those actions.
Deontology: The ethical theory that actions are morally right or wrong based on certain universal moral rules (such as "never kill an innocent person"), regardless of their consequences.
Virtue ethics: The ethical theory that focuses on the character traits and virtues that a moral person should possess (such as courage, compassion, or honesty), rather than on specific rules or outcomes.
Care ethics: The ethical theory that emphasizes the importance of empathetic and nurturing relationships between individuals, and the moral obligations that arise from such relationships, especially towards those who are vulnerable, dependent, or in need of care.
Rights-based ethics: The ethical theory that asserts that individuals have certain inherent rights or entitlements that must be respected, regardless of the utility or consequences of respecting these rights. Examples of such rights are the right to life, liberty, or autonomy.
Contractarianism: The ethical theory that moral principles and values are based on social contracts or agreements made between rational agents, who agree to abide by certain rules and pay certain costs or benefits to each other, in order to promote their mutual interests and avoid conflicts.
"It is a subdiscipline of moral psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy."
"It is the foundation of descriptive ethics."
"Moral reasoning is the study of how people think about right and wrong and how they acquire and apply moral rules."
"It is a subdiscipline of moral psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy."
"It is the foundation of descriptive ethics."
"People think about right and wrong."
"People acquire moral rules."
"People apply moral rules."
"It is a subdiscipline of moral psychology."
"The foundation of descriptive ethics."
"The study of how people think about right and wrong."
"Moral philosophy."
"How people acquire and apply moral rules."
"It overlaps with moral philosophy."
"Moral reasoning."
"Thinking about right and wrong, acquiring and applying moral rules."
"Moral reasoning is a subdiscipline of moral psychology."
"The study of how people think about right and wrong and how they acquire and apply moral rules."
"Moral reasoning is the study of how people think about right and wrong."