ABSTRACT
When faced with a moral challenge, we act, or consciously or unconsciously decide not to. Yet just as the author above inquired, “What was going on in that trooper’s mind?” we may also wonder how we make these essentially practical decisions. Do people reason when they confront moral challenges and attempt to resolve them? Is reasoning in the face of moral challenges different from regular reasoning? Does the complexity of a situation – its moral stakes, for instance – affect our ability to reason? Above all, how do people articulate and justify the rationales for their decisions and actions from a moral point of view?
