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What Wrongdoers Deserve The Moral Reasoning Behind Responses to Misconduct

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R. Murray Thomas, Ann Diver-Stamnes

Book Code: TTJ/

ISBN: 0-313-28630-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28630-8

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192 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 7/30/1993

List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

Availability: Out of stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Psychology

Series Number: 21

Description: This study analyzes the reasoning process through which individuals determine what consequences are appropriate for those who do wrong. The authors presented six cases of wrongdoing to a large number of teenagers and young adults. This sample was asked what consequences would be appropriate for the wrongdoers and why those proposed consequences would be appropriate. On the basis of the data obtained from the participants, the authors constructed a taxonomy to use in categorizing features of moral reasoning. The authors then applied the taxonomy to compare group and individual modes of moral decision making. The study is significant in its reliance on original data and on its analysis of the thought processes involved in moral decision making.

Table of Contents:

The Nature of the Study
The Six Cases of Wrongdoing
The People Who Furnished Opinions
A Taxonomy of Rationales to Support Proposed Consequences
Moral Values: Principles and Conditions
Purposes and Causes
Feasibility and Agents
Group and Individual Comparisons
Proposed Consequences
Moral Principles and Conditions Affecting Their Application
Purposes, Causes, Feasibility, and Agent Qualifications
Gender Comparisons
Individual Styles of Moral Reasoning
Postscript
An Overview, Applications, and Research Projects
References
Index

LC Card Number: 93-9322

LCC Class: BJ1408

Dewey Class: 172


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