The Emergence of Morality in Young Children

by Kagan, Jerome; Lamb, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780226422329
• ISBN10: 0226422321
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

"The Emergence of Morality in Young Childrenis one of very few scholarly books concerning the development of moral tendencies in the early years. In its pages, a diverse group of eminent social and behavioral scientists address this fascinating topic and struggle with issues of inquiry that have persistently plagued this field."--Nancy Eisenberg,Harvard Educational Review "This is a welcome and immensely provocative book. For those of us who favor ethical theorizing done in close proximity to psychology and anthropology, it provides new and illuminating theory and research relevant to perennial debates about the origins of moral sense, its psychological organization, and the objectivity and unity of the moral."--Owen Flanagan,Ethics The contributors are Augusto Blasi, Lawrence Blum, Judy Dunn, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Carolyn Pope Edwards, Robert Emde, Carol Gilligan, Charles C. Helwig, William F. Johnson, Jerome Kagan, Melanie Killen, Sharon Lamb, Manamohan Mahapatra, Joan G. Miller, Edward Mueller, Richard A. Shweder, Catherine Snow, Elliot Turiel, and Grant Wiggins.

Author Biography

Jerome Kagan is the Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His many books include Unstable Ideas, The Nature of the Child, and Infancy. Sharon Lamb is assistant professor of human development at Bryn Mawr College.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Culture and Moral Development

The Beginnings of Moral Understanding: Development in the Second Year Judy Dunn Comment: Language and the Beginnings of Moral Understanding Catherine Snow

Culture and the Construction of Moral Values: A Comparative Ethnography of Moral Encounters in Two Cultural Settings Carolyn Pope Edwards Comment: Alternative Approaches to Moral Socialization Edward Mueller

Morality: Its Structure, Functions, and Vagaries Elliot Turiel

The Do's and Don'ts of Early Moral Development: Psychoanalytic Tradition and Current Research Robert Emde

The Origins of Morality in Early Childhood Relationships

Particularity and Responsiveness Lawrence Blum

List of Contributors

Index

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