Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives

by Edited by Melanie Killen , Daniel Hart

• ISBN13: 9780521454780
• ISBN10: 0521454786
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This collection brings together current research on morality in human development. Morality in its various forms is a dominant influence on the conduct and evaluation of day-to-day life. The pervasiveness of the moral domain can be detected in every aspect of social life; moral commitments shape the goals and aspirations of individuals and moral judgments are apparent in discourse about most forms of human interaction. Two broad themes integrate this book: social context relationships and development. Contexts include interpersonal as well as societal communities and cultures. This volume will appeal to scholars from many disciplines including: psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, law, linguistics, and ethics.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Perspectives on morality in everyday life	1	(22)
Daniel Hart
Melanie Killen
Part I. The acquisition of morality
The social construction of character in toddlerhood	23	(29)
Dale F. hay
Jennifer Castle
Carol A. Stimson
Lisa Davies
Morality, autonomy, and social conflict	52	(35)
Melanie Killen
Larry P. Nucci
Children's conceptions of sociomoral affect: Happy victimizers, mixed emotions, and other expectancies	87	(44)
William Arsenio
Anthony Lover
Part II. Social judgment in different contexts
Obedience to authority in children and adults	131	(35)
Marta Laupa
Elliot Turiel
Philip A. Cowan
Social context in social cognition: Psychological harm and civil liberties	166	(35)
Charles C. Helwig
Psychological and philosophical considerations of prudence and morality	201	(24)
Marvin W. Berkowitz
Jeffrey P. Kahn
Gregg Mulry
Jeanne Piette
Context, conflict, and constraint in adolescent-parent authority relationships	225	(34)
Judith G. Smetana
Part III. Social judgment in different cultures
Development in the context of everyday family relationships: Culture, interpersonal morality, and adaptation	259	(24)
Joan G. Miller
David M. Bersoff
Diversity in social development: Between or within cultures?	283	(34)
Cecilia Wainryb
Elliot Turiel
Part IV. Moral integration and character
Moral commitment in inner-city adolescents	317	(25)
Daniel Hart
Miranda Yates
Suzanne Fegley
Gerry Wilson
The development of extraordinary moral commitment	342	(29)
Anne Colby
William Damon
Reasoning about morality and real-life moral problems	371	(38)
Lawrence J. Walker
Russell C. Pitts
Karl H. Hennig
M. Kyle Matsuba
Author index	409	(8)
Subject index	417