The Emergence of Morality in Young Children (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226422321 ISBN 13: 9780226422329

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

"The Emergence of Morality in Young Children is 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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226422321
• ISBN 13: 9780226422329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Kagan Jerome, Lamb Sharon