Oxford Handbook of Moral Development - An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Drawing together the work of over 90 authors, hailing from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, education, human development, psychology and sociology, this handbook reflects the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of the field of moral development. Across more than 40 chapters, this handbook opens the door to a broad view of moral motives and behaviors, ontogeny and developmental pathways, and contexts that children, adolescents, and adults experience with respect to morality. It offers a comprehensive and timely tour of the field.

List of contents

• INTRODUCTION


• Chapter 1. Moral Development: From Paradigms to Plurality


• Lene Arnett Jensen


• PART ONE MORAL MOTIVES


• Chapter 2. The Development of Care


• Ofra Mayseless


• Chapter 3. The Development of Prosocial Motives


• Gustavo Carlo and Sarah L. Pierotti


• Chapter 4. Culture and the Development of Moralities of Community


• Joan G. Miller and Malin Källberg-Shroff


• Chapter 5. The Development of Moral Self-Awareness


• Ross A. Thompson


• PART THREE BASIC PROCESSES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES


• Chapter 6. The Development of Moral Self-Presentation


• Robin Banerjee, Gail Heyman, and Kang Lee


• Chapter 7. The Development of Purpose: An International Perspective


• William Damon and Heather Malin


• Chapter 8. Moral Identity Development


• Sam A. Hardy, Tobias Krettenauer, and Natasha Hunt


• Chapter 9. The Development of Moral Values in Cultural Context


• Gisela Trommsdorff


• Chapter 10. Parent-Child Value Similarity: Broadening from Intergenerational Transmission to Reciprocal Influences, Genetics, and Environmental Antecedent


• Ariel Knafo-Noam, Daniela Barni, and Shalom H. Schwartz


• Chapter 11. Integrating Cultural Values Through Everyday Experiences: Yucatec Maya Children's Moral Development


• Suzanne Gaskins


• Chapter 12. The Development of Critical Consciousness


• Scott Seider, Aaliyah El-Amin, and Lauren Leigh Kelly


• Chapter 13. The Development of Moral Reasoning: From Common Beginnings to Diverse Life Course Pathways


• Lene Arnett Jensen


• Chapter 14. Emotion Experiences in Moral Context: Developmental Perspectives


• Tina Malti, Joanna Peplak, and Erinn Acland


• PART TWO: MORAL BEHAVIORS


• Chapter 15. The Emergence of Moral Responses and Sensitivity


• J. Kiley Hamlin and Enda Tan


• Chapter 16. Early Developments in Acts and Evaluations of Helping: When and How to Help?


• Audun Dahl


• Chapter 17. Development of Moral Disengagement: Learning to Make Wrong Right


• Kay Bussey


• Chapter 18. The Development of Communal and Spiritual Dutifulness in India: Upholding Dharma, Offering Seva


• Rachana Bhangaokar


• Chapter 19. Volunteerism


• S. Mark Pancer


• Chapter 20. The Lifespan Development of Generativity


• Michael W. Pratt, M. Kyle Matsuba, Heather L. Lawford, and Feliciano Villar


• Chapter 21. The Psychology of Filial Piety and Moral Decision-Making in Chinese People


• Kuang-Hui Yeh and Olwen Bedford


• Chapter 22. The Development of Forgiveness


• Robert D. Enright and Jacqueline Y. Song


• Chapter 23. The Development of Pro-Environmentalism in Context


• M. Kyle Matsuba, Tobias Krettenauer, and Michael W. Pratt


• Chapter 24. Moral Flourishing in Later Life through Purpose beyond the Self


• Anne Colby, Matthew Bundick, Kathleen Remington, and Emily Morton


• PART THREE: CONTEXTS OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT


• Chapter 25. Family and Moral Development


• Laura M. Padilla-Walker and Madison K. Memmott-Elison


• Chapter 26. Conversations and Moral Development


• Allison DiBianca Fasoli


• Chapter 27. Master Narratives, Ethics, and Morality


• Moin Syed, Monisha Pasupathi, and Kate C. McLean


• Chapter 28. Childcare, Culture, and Child Development: A Swedish Perspective


• Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Lilianne Eninger, Hanna Ginner Hau, Tina M. Olsson, Mina Sedem, Sarah Thomas, and Mara Allodi Westling


• Chapter 29. Play Groups as a Context for Moral Development


• Doris Bergen and Darrel R. Davis


• Chapter 30. Youth Programs as Contexts for Development of Ethical Judgment and Action


• Reed W. Larson, Kathrin C. Walker, and Gina McGovern


• Chapter 31. Moral Development in Civic and Political Context


• Daniel Hart


• Chapter 32. Religious Groups and Institutions as a Context for Moral Development: Religion as Fertile Ground


• Pamela Ebstyne King, Sarah A. Schnitker, and Benjamin J. Houltberg


• Chapter 33. Secular Living as a Context for Moral Development


• Phil Zuckerman and Kyle Thompson


• Chapter 34. Ethnicity and Race as Contexts for Moral Development


• Deborah Rivas-Drake and Michael Medina


• Chapter 35. Media as a Context for Studying Moral Development


• Marina Krcmar and Drew P. Cingel


• Chapter 36. Globalization as a Context for Moral Development


• Jessica McKenzie


• PART FOUR: APPLICATIONS AND POLICIES


• Chapter 37. Moral Self-Identity and Character Development


• Daniel Lapsley, Timothy Reilly, and Darcia Narvaez


• Chapter 38. Moral Choices in Digital Games: Pixelated Morality


• Cleve Graver and Fran C. Blumberg


• Chapter 39. The Interplay of Developing Morality and Gender Attitudes


• Rebecca S. Bigler and Lynn S. Liben


• Chapter 40. Moral Implications of Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Related to Sexual and Gender Diversity


• Russell B. Toomey, Maura Shramko, Stacey Horn, and V. Paul Poteat


• Chapter 41. The Environmental Commons: Collective Moral Actions and Policies


• Constance Flanagan, Becca Jo Dower, Morgan Smallwood, Erin Gallay, Alisa Pykett, and Clifton Skye

About the author

Lene Arnett Jensen is Senior Research Scientist at Clark University. Together with colleagues, she has conducted research on moral development and identity in countries such as Denmark, India, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. Her "cultural-developmental" theoretical approach conceptualizes the lifespan in terms of flexible developmental templates that accommodate cultural diversity.

Her recent and forthcoming publications include Child Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (forthcoming, Pearson), Human Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (2019, Pearson), Child Development Worldwide: A Cultural Approach (2018, Pearson), Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (2016, Oxford University Press), Moral Development in a Global World (2015, Cambridge University Press), and Bridging Cultural and Developmental Psychology (2011, Oxford University Press). From 2004 to 2015, she was editor-in-chief for the journal New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. In recent years, she has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, Aalborg University in Denmark, Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, and the University of Bordeaux in France.

Summary

The nature of people's moral lives, the similarities and differences in the moral concepts of individuals and groups, and how these concepts emerge in the course of human development are topics of perennial interest. In recent years, the field of moral development has turned from a focus on a limited set of theories to a refreshingly vast array of research questions and methods. This handbook offers a comprehensive, international, and up-to-date review of this research on moral development.

Drawing together the work of over 90 authors, hailing from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, education, human development, psychology and sociology, the handbook reflects the dynamic nature of the field. Across more than 40 chapters, this handbook opens the door to a broad view of moral motives and behaviors, ontogeny and developmental pathways, and contexts that children, adolescents, and adults experience with respect to morality. It offers a comprehensive and timely tour of the field of moral development.

Additional text

The collection is largely technically proficient, and essays reference a variety of academic literature.

Product details

• Authors: Lene Arnett (Associate Professor of Psycho Jensen
• Assisted by: Lene Arnett Jensen (Editor), Lene Arnett (Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Developmental Psychology Program Jensen (Editor), Jensen Lene Arnett (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780190676049
• ISBN: 978-0-19-067604-9
• No. of pages: 798
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 261 mm x 47 mm
• Series: Oxford Library of Psychology; Oxford Library of Psychology
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Ethics & moral philosophy, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy