Moral psychology

Resource Information

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Label

Moral psychology

Statement of responsibility

Daniel K. Lapsley

Creator

• Lapsley, Daniel K

Subject

• Moral development
• Decision Making
• Morals
• Psychology -- Philosophy
• Judgment (Ethics)
• Social Values
• Child
• Psychology, Child

Language

eng

Summary

Moral functioning is a defining feature of human personhood and human social life. Moral Psychology provides an integrative and evaluative overview of the theoretical and empirical traditions that have attempted to make sense of moral cognition, prosocial behavior, and the development of virtuous character. This is the first book to integrate a comprehensive review of the psychological literatures with allied traditions in ethics. Moral rationality and decision-making; the development of the sense of fairness and justice, and of prosocial dispositions; as well as the notion of moral self and moral identity and their relation to issues of character and virtue are fully discussed in the rich contexts provided by psychological and philosophical paradigms. Lapsley emphasizes parenting and educational strategies for influencing moral behavior, reasoning, and character development, and charts a line of research for the "post-Kohlbergian era" in moral psychology. This book will be an invaluable text for advanced courses in moral psychology, as taught in departments of psychology, education, and philosophy. It will also prove to be a standard reference work for researchers and ethicists alike

Member of

• Developmental psychology series (Boulder, Colo.)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

155.2/5

Index

index present

LC call number

BF723.M54

LC item number

L38 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 1996 H-155
• WS 105.5.M4

NLM item number

L317m 1996

Series statement

Developmental psychology series