The Nature of Moral Reasoning is a discussion about the landscape, or environment, in which moral reasoning occurs. The book engages the reader in an examination of the processes involved in thinking about moral matters. The theoretical underpinnings of moral reasoning are explained carefully in the context of an examination about what it means to engage in the central activity of moral reasoning. The discussion is both theoretical and practical and is about where moral reasoning is located, and how it occurs. A concise and very readable introduction to the nature of moral reasoning Process-focused, unlike other books in moral theory Examines carefully and thoroughly the concept of 'effective equilibrium' Provides a sustained treatment of how we apply our reason to ethical issues