During a junior high health education class on genetics, a teacher asked one of the students to remove his shoes and show the webbing between his toes. Oblivious to the student's obvious embarrassment, she chided him until he finally took off his shoe. In the context of James Rest's components of moral behavior, this teacher was clearly deficient in:
A) moral sensitivity.
B) moral reasoning.
C) moral motivation.
D) moral relativism.

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The teacher lacked moral sensitivity because she was oblivious to the student's embarrassment and did not consider his feelings.

During a Junior High Health Education Class on Genetics, a Teacher