Since we were young, we were always told what is right and what is wrong when dealing with moral issues. During our adulthood we began to learn how to act in such difficult situations. As humans, we tend to rely on our emotions as the basis of our reasoning. Blaise Pascal, a Christian philosopher, once said, “We know the truth, not only with reason, but also with the heart.” For decades, moral judgment has been considered a process based on reasoning. This has been called the rationalist position. Psychologists such as Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg believed that reason was what distinguished right from wrong. In 1958, Kohlberg wrote Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development, which attempted to study the development of moral reasoning in children. Kohlberg's view was that as children mature, their ability to reason about moral issues also matures. Another psychologist who held similar views was Jean Piaget. He developed 2 stages of moral development, one for children and another for adults. The phase for children, known as the Heteronomous Phase, which “was characterized by the idea that rules come from authority figures in one's life such as parents.” For example, when my sister was 8 years old she stole 5 dirhams from my cousin's piggy bank. She was a child so she didn't know what it meant or that it was morally wrong to steal. However, my parents explained to her that stealing is not a good thing to do. Through my parents' actions my sister was able to distinguish between what is morally right and what is wrong. As children we do not realize the consequences of our behaviors because we do not yet understand the intentions behind our actions. The second phase was called the Autonomous Phase, which comes from the word autonomy, self-go... middle of paper... both of these dilemmas are necessary to save as many lives as possible. The operation of this system is more controlled and requires reasoning. The second system, however, responds differently to these 2 dilemmas. The system responded with emotions to the footbridge dilemma but not to that of the tram. When this emotional and ethical system is activated, its response dominates people's judgments. Ultimately, both emotion and reason are necessary to justify moral decisions. It's as if you can't be right without emotion and vice versa. Both have their limitations in moral decision making, however they are both equally necessary. The scale represents Libra. Just as Libras are considered very fair, emotions and reason should be balanced in this way, because over-reliance on emotions will lead to poor choices and pure logic has its flaws..