James Is Walking Down the Street One Evening When He

Multiple Choice

James is walking down the street one evening when he notices a woman having a seizure on the sidewalk.There is nobody around to help her,and he doesn't have a telephone.Without thinking,James picks up a garbage can,throws it through the door of a closed convenience store,crawls in through the broken glass,and calls an ambulance.Although he is technically guilty of a crime,which stage of moral reasoning provides us with an acceptable justification for James's actions?

A) Social contract orientation
B) Universal ethical principle orientation
C) Law and order orientation
D) Self-interested exchanges