There is one question that every one of us has to deal with at least a hundred times a day and that is "What ought I to do in this given moment?" Sometimes the issues at stake are far-reaching, such as with the questions "Should I ask her to marry me?" or "Should I go into law or medicine or the ministry?" At other times the issues are less momentous, such as "Do I want toast or cereal for breakfast?" or "Do I wear khakis or jeans today?" However, in each case a process of evaluating and choosing between alternatives takes place, and nothing is of any more concrete significance to our lives than how we go about making our decisions. Historically, this aspect of life has been denoted by the word "morality," and it is not surprising that debates have raged in every era on how this process of…