Moral Decision Making in Adolescence

The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of moral dilemma solving and to define basic moral dilemma solving strategies. More than 480 subjects aged 13 to 21 years old took part in the study. As a result, it was possible to define six basic moral dilemma solving strategies: the care strategy, the context dependence strategy, the justice strategy, the unstable doubt strategy, the context/paradox strategy and the egoistic strategy. Age and gender were shown to play a role in the preference for specific moral dilemma solving strategies. The influence of the context of communication and interaction on the decision of moral dilemmas was cleared.