LPSY
3502

Moral Reasoning

Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: Psychology

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Moral Reasoning
Fall 2025
Taught By: Joan Miller
Section: A

CRN: 17026

Credits: 4

What types of mental processes underlie our ability to reason about complex moral issues? Are our moral judgments driven more by reason or emotion? How does moral reasoning change over the course of development and what role does culture play in this process? This course will draw on social, cognitive, and developmental psychology to explore these topics and to introduce a variety of perspectives on the moral mind. Prerequisite: One Lang fundamentals course, or ULEC Introduction to Psychology with a grade of "C" or higher. *This course is open to Lang Psychology majors and minors only. What types of mental processes underlie our ability to reason about complex moral issues? Are our moral judgments driven more by reason or emotion? How does moral reasoning change over the course of development and what role does culture play in this process? This course will draw on social, cognitive, and developmental psychology to explore these topics and to introduce a variety of perspectives on the moral mind. Prerequisite: One Lang fundamentals course, or ULEC Introduction to Psychology with a grade of "C" or higher. *This course is open to Lang Psychology majors and minors only. After the first week of the semester, permission of the instructor will be required in order to register for this course.

Prerequisites:
LPSY2008: Fund. of Abnormal Psychology (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2020: Fundamentals in Personality (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2040: Fundamentals of Social Psych (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2036: Fund. of Dev Psychology (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2042: Fund of Cognitive Psych (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2048: Fund. of Cognitive Neuro (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2038 (Minimum Grade: C) or LPSY2044: Fund of Psych of Language (Minimum Grade: C) or ULEC2161: Intro to Psychology: DSC (Minimum Grade: C)
Co-Requisites: No Co-requisites

College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)

Department: Psychology (PSY)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2025 (Tuesday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2025 (Monday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 10:16pm EDT 3/25/2025

Meeting Info:
Days: Monday, Wednesday
Times: 10:00am - 11:40am
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 8/27/2025 - 12/15/2025