Can somebody explain me what is moral reasoning?

Question

This is from my textbook: " Research also links aggression to levels of moral reasoning, and athletes view aggression as more legitimate because of their lower levels of moral reasoning when compared with nonathletes."

Answer 1

Athletes see hurting someone in a sport more acceptable because of the situation they are in or the game they are playing..
whereas...they would not just go an knock somone on the street down, for no reason....
They reason out hurting someone, because in the game it is accetable...even though hurting somone may be agains their morals

Answer 2

Moral reasoning is a study in psychology that overlaps with moral philosophy. It is also called Moral psychology. Prominent figures include Lawrence Kohlberg, Carol Gilligan and John Reed. The term is sometimes used in a different sense: reasoning under conditions of uncertainty, such as obtain in a court of law. It is this sense that gave rise to the phrase, "To a moral certainty;"[1] however, this sense is now little used outside of charges to juries.

Although all moral choice can be seen as personal choice, some choices can be seen as an economic choice, or an ethical choice described by some ethical code or regulated by ethical relationships with others.

This branch of psychology is concerned with how these issues are perceived by ordinary people, and so is the foundation of descriptive ethics.

Answer 3

Moral reasoning is the ability to decide that some acts are moral and other acts are immoral. It is the ability to see the difference between right and wrong.