The psychology of rights and duties : empirical contributions and normative commentaries / edited by Norman J. Finkel and Fathali M. Moghaddam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkel, Norman J.

Moghaddam, Fathali M.

Series:

Law and public policy

The law and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obedience (Law).

Duty.

Culture and law.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xv, 299 pages ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]

Summary:

This cross-disciplinary book investigates how morality translates into action by presenting original psychological research on our understanding of rights and duties. This topical focus is especially timely in our post 9/11 world where the relative rights and duties of citizens and our government are foremost in our minds. One objective within the book is to explore the general public's ideas (both in the U.S. and abroad) about rights versus duties, so that legislative and policy changes can be based on solid support, not assumptions. Chapters by empirical researchers present findings on citizens' commonsense understandings of rights and duties, while chapters by leading social theorists conceptualize rights and duties from many perspectives. By contrasting present-day circumstances of life in many social spheres with the world of ideas, The Psychology of Rights and Duties exposes the debate between what human rights and duties are and what they ought to be.

Contents:

Human rights and duties: an introduction / Norman J. Finkel & Fathali M. Moghaddam

Universal rights and duties as normative social representations / Dario Spini & Willem Doise

Understanding rights and duties in different cultures and contexts: observations from German and Korean adolescents / Siegfried Hoppe-Graff & Hye-On Kim

Toward a cultural theory of rights and duties in human development / Fathali M. Moghaddam & Cara Joy Riley

Rights and duties as group norms: implications of intergroup research for the study of rights and responsibilities / Winnifred R. Louis & Donald M. Taylor

A deference-based perspective on duty: empowering government to define duties to ones self and to others / Tom R. Tyler

On the commonsense justice and black-letter law relationship: at the empirical/normative divide / Norman J. Finkel

Patients' rights and physicians' duties: implications for doctor-patient relations and the quality of health care / Philip J. Moore, Stephanie Spernak, & Enid Chung

The rightful place of human rights: relating rights and duties to individuals and groups within a cultural context / Stephen Worchel

An ontology for duties and rights / Rom Harré

Taking duties seriously: to what problem are rights and/or duties the solution? / Thomas L. Haskell

Theories of justice, rights, and duties: negotiating the interface between normative and empirical inquiry / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr

Rights and duties: psychology's contributions, normative assessments, and future research / Fathali M. Moghaddam & Norman J. Finkel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591471664

OCLC:

54865520