Multiple choice

Kohlberg specifies that the thinking process involved in judgements about questions of right and wrong is _________.

  1. moral realism

  2. moral dilemma

  3. morality co-operation

  4. moral reasoning

  5. none of these
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Explanation

Kohlberg defined moral reasoning as judgments about right and wrong. His studies of moral reasoning are based on the use of moral dilemmas, or hypothetical situations in which people must make a difficult decision. Kohlberg defined a subject's level of moral reasoning from the reasoning used to defend his or her position when faced with a moral dilemma. He thought this more important than the actual choice made, since the choices people make in such a dilemma are not  always clearly and indisputably right.

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