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What is Moral Reasoning

Chapter 1
Ethical Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Positive and Conclusive Outcomes
A thinking process with the objective of determining whether an idea is right or wrong.
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Examining Restorative Justice in PK12 With a Lens Through Kohlberg's Theory
Cindy Sytsma (National University, USA) and Dina Pacis (National University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7582-5.ch001
Abstract
Restorative justice serves to facilitate juvenile offenders in taking responsibility for their actions via dialogue with victim, victim's family, and community. In the PK12 setting, this model uses classroom circles to set academic goals, explore curriculum, develop core values, fairness communities, and peer juries to talk with students about causes and identify positive issues to repair the harm done. Kohlberg's theory informs the use and implementation of restorative justice with its six stages of moral development. This chapter will examine Kohlberg's theory coupled with restorative justice at the PK12 level. The application of these philosophies may lead to early development of positive decision making, value of self, good communication skills, and ethical problem solving. By establishing these psychological/sociological foundations in early childhood, children may be able to secure friendly relationships and orient more easily towards fixed rules.
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Chapter 3
Navigating Moral Reasoning in Mediation
Applies critical analysis to specific events to determine what is right or wrong, and what people ought to do in a particular situation. Both philosophers and psychologists study moral reasoning.
Published in Chapter: Navigating Moral Reasoning in Mediation; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management in Modern Organizations
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Academic Dishonesty among Engineering Undergraduates in the United States
The cognitive aspect of making moral choices when facing an ethical dilemma.
Published in Chapter: Academic Dishonesty among Engineering Undergraduates in the United States; From: Handbook of Research on Academic Misconduct in Higher Education
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Why Students Cheat: A Conceptual Framework of Personal, Contextual, and Situational Factors
Individual or collective practical reasoning about what an individual should do morally.
Published in Chapter: Why Students Cheat: A Conceptual Framework of Personal, Contextual, and Situational Factors; From: Handbook of Research on Academic Misconduct in Higher Education
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Chapter 2
Identity Growth in the Professions
Moral reasoning is developmental across the life span. As people grow older, and as their cognitive reasoning matures, their understanding of what is right or wrong, and under what circumstances, can also change. According to Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory and research on moral development, there are levels of moral reasoning. At the lowest level a person’s moral reasoning is driven primarily by avoidance of getting punished. As the person matures, this lower level evolves toward absolutism regarding right and wrong and associates the law as the final arbiter of what is moral. Higher levels of moral reasoning involve the means to associate ethical principles beyond self-interests along with commitments to choices on the basis of internal ethical principles.
Published in Chapter: Identity Growth in the Professions; From: Recent Advances in Applying Identity and Society Awareness to Virtual Learning
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