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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkel, Norman J.

Moghaddam, Fathali M.

Series:

Law and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obedience (Law).

Duty.

Culture and law.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Social Responsibility.

Medical Subjects:

Social Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC (750 First St. NE, Washington, 2002) : American Psychological Association, [2005]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"This cross-disciplinary book investigates how morality translates into action by presenting original psychological research on our understanding of human 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 of the book's goals is to explore the general public's ideas (both in the United States and abroad) about rights versus duties so that legislative and policy changes can be based on solid support, not assumptions. Two strategies are used to lead readers toward a better understanding of human rights and duties. Chapters by empirical researchers present findings on citizens' commonsense understandings of rights and duties, whereas normative 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 editors expose the debate between what human rights and duties are and what they ought to be"--Jacket.

"This book fills a vitally important gap in the scholarship of psychology and justice, and in this way, the editors think it will be particularly useful to psychology students and professors in courses on intergroup relations, social justice, psychology and law, ethnic relations and multiculturalism, cross-cultural and cultural psychology, and social psychology. This book brings together those who meet at the empirical and normative nexus over the common ground of rights and duties at the professional and scholarly level and is likely to appeal to those who study this topic"--Pref. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

A deference-based perspective on duty: empowering government to define duties to oneself 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 and Enid Chung

The rightful place of human rights: incorpating individual, group, and cultural perspectives / Stephen Worchel

An ontology for duties and rights / Rom Harré

Taking duties seriously: to what problems are rights and 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 and Norman J. Finkel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2006 dcunns.

ISBN:

1591471664

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