The influence of age, gender and context on moral reasoning - Judgements and Justifications about abortion

Moral reasoning has been defined as the expression of an individual's way of thinking regarding what makes a belief or judgement morally right or wrong. It is argued that one such moral issue, which elicits moral reasoning, is abortion. It is also argued that individuals may have varying judgements about abortion in different situations. That is, they may either believe that abortion is right or wrong depending on the circumstances or situation. Past research has investigated moral reasoning about abortion and the present research aimed to do the same through a partial replication. In particular, this research is examining the influence of age, gender, and context on judgements and justifications about abortion dilemmas.

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This study examined how decisions about abortions are made andjustified and whether age, gender and context influenced thereasoning process. Specifically, judgements and moral orientation(justice and care) were examined involving secondary college anduniversity students. Participants responded to four differentmoral dilemmas about abortion.

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• Authors: Ms Mar McGeoch, Ms Mary McGeoch, Ms. Mary McGeoch, Rivka Witenberg, Dr Rivka Witenberg, Dr. Rivka Witenberg, Rivka Witenberg
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2011
• EAN: 9783838391830
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-9183-0
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 245 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business