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What wrongdoers deserve : the moral reasoning behind responses to misconduct

Author: R Murray Thomas; Ann C Diver-Stamnes
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993.
Series: Contributions in psychology, no. 21.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921-
What wrongdoers deserve.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993
(OCoLC)623740946
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R Murray Thomas; Ann C Diver-Stamnes
ISBN: 0313286302 9780313286308
OCLC Number: 27641895
Description: ix, 172 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: PART I. The nature of the study --
1. The six cases of wrongdoing --
2. The people who furnished opinions --
PART II. The taxonomy of rationales to support proposed consequences --
3. Moral values: principles and conditions --
4. Purposes and causes --
5. Feasibility and agents --
PART III. Group and individual comparisons --
6. Proposed consequences --
7. Moral principles and conditions affecting their application --
8. Purpose, causes, feasibility, and agent qualifications --
9. Gender comparisons --
10. Individual styles of moral reasoning --
PART IV: Postscript --
11. An overview, applications, and research prospects --
References --
Index.
Series Title: Contributions in psychology, no. 21.
Other Titles: Moral reasoning behind responses to misconduct
Responsibility: R. Murray Thomas and Ann Diver-Stamnes.

Abstract:

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.

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