Developing Moral Reasoning

- Strike, Haller and Soltis:

. Do not provide a set of moral principles

. Process of good ethical reasoning

. Belief - ethical reasoning is a SKILL, its acquisition requires practice

. Approach - discussion of moral dilemmas

Constructing a moral theory:

attempts to formulate principles that account for moral intuitions

Developing moral theories:

Enables us to achieve a higher degree of clarity about what is at stake in our moral choices.

Coombs:

examination of past cases - better resource for understanding how to interpret principles in problematic cases.