Moral development, self, and identity / edited by Daniel K. Lapsley, Darcia Narvaez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blasi, Augusto.

Lapsley, Daniel K.

Narváez, Darcia

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral development.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.

Summary:

This volume examines the psychological, social-relational, and cultural foundations of the most basic moral commitments. It begins by looking at the seminal writings of Augusto Blasi, whose writings on moral cognition, the development of self-identity, and moral personality have transformed the research agenda in moral psychology. This work is now the starting point of all discussion about the relationship between self and morality; the developmental grounding of the moral personality; and the moral integration of cognition, emotion, and behavior. Indeed, it is now widely believed that organizing self-understanding around basic moral commitments is crucial to the formation of a moral identity which, in turn, underwrites moral conduct. Using Blasi's work as a point of departure, a distinguished interdisciplinary and international group of scholars have contributed essays summarizing their own theoretical and empirical research on these topics. This book features new theories of moral functioning that range across several psychological literatures, including social cognition, cognitive science, and personality development. Examining the social-relational, communitarian, and cultural aspects of moral self-identity, it provides a comprehensive account of moral personality. Uniformly integrative, field-expanding, and on the cutting edge of research on moral development and personality, the book appeals to scholars, developmental theorists and graduate students interested in issues of moral development, education, and behavior, as well as cognitive development theory.

Contents:

1 Gus in the Gap: Bridging the Judgment-Action Gap in Moral Functioning / Lawrence J. Walker 1

2 Identity as Motivation: Toward a Theory of the Moral Self / Roger Bergman 21

3 The Moral Self in Community / F. Clark Power 47

4 Moral Identity Development and School Attachment / Robert Atkins, Daniel Hart, Thomas M. Donnelly 65

5 False Moral Identity: Self-Serving Denial in the Maintenance of Moral Self-Conceptions / David Moshman 83

6 Reflections on the Moral Self Construct / Larry Nucci 111

7 Judgment and Choice in Moral Functioning / Mordecai Nisan 133

8 Altruism and Character / Bill Puka 161

9 A Social-Cognitive Approach to the Moral Personality / Daniel K. Lapsley, Darcia Narvaez 189

10 Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen: Moving Beyond the Modal Levels in Normal Development / Wolfgang Edelstein, Tobias Krettenauer 213

11 Cultural Identity and Personal Identity: Philosophical Reflections on the Identity Discourse of Social Psychology / Thomas Wren, Carmen Mendoza 239

12 Self in Relationship / Monika Keller 267

13 Sociohistoric Changes in the Structure of Moral Motivation / Gertrud Nunner-Winkler 299

14 Moral Functioning: Moral Understanding and Personality / Augusto Blasi 335.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0805842861

OCLC:

52547731