They define moral reasoning as “conscious mental activity through which one evaluates a moral judgment for its (in)consistency with other moral commitments, where these commitments are to one or ...

This form of moral reasoning, known as “universalism,” is one of the ways people decide whether something is morally permissible. If the effects of many people engaging in a given act are ...

However, distinct activity patterns emerged at finer resolution, suggesting that the brain processes different moral issues along different pathways, supporting a pluralist view of moral reasoning.

Implementing Kohlberg's Stages While Kohlberg's stages of moral development are an interesting way to think about the growth of individuals, they do not readily correspond to all business situations.

Individuals who have a high level of moral reasoning show increased activity in the brain's frontostriatal reward system, both during periods of rest and while performing a sequential risk taking ...

Norbert Paulo, Moral Consistency Reasoning Reconsidered, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 23, No. 1, Special Issue Ethics, Knowledge and Language: Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting of the ...

High levels of moral reasoning correspond with increased gray matter in brain Date: June 3, 2015 Source: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Summary: Individuals with a ...

Laura E. Kaplan, MORAL REASONING OF MSW SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION, Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 42, No. 3 (FALL 2006), pp. 507-522 ...