Moral Development & Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman - Brossura

Gibbs, John C.

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ISBN 10: 0205595243 ISBN 13: 9780205595242

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2009

Riassunto

For advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences, counseling, and education, as well as scholars in these disciplines.

Moral Development and Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman explores the nature of moral development, social behavior, and human interconnectedness. By comparing, contrasting, and going beyond the works of preeminent theorists Lawrence Kohlberg, Martin Hoffman, and others, author John C. Gibbs addresses fundamental questions: What is morality? Can we speak of moral development? Is the moral motivation of behavior primarily a matter of justice or of empathy? What accounts for prosocial behavior, and how can we understand and treat antisocial behavior? Does moral development, including moments of moral inspiration, reflect a deeper reality?

Moral Development and Reality elucidates the full range of moral development from superficial perception to a deeper understanding and feeling through social perspective-taking. Providing case studies and chapter questions, Gibbs creates a unique framework for understanding Kohlberg’s and Hoffman’s influential contributions.

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Moral Development & Reality is, in my view, the most important new theoretical account of moral development to appear since the turn of the century. Acknowledging the challenges of nativism, pragmatism, contextualism, and relativism, Gibbs makes a powerful case for objectivity, agency, rationality, and progress in a theory that draws creatively on traditional cognitive and affective theories of moral development and ultimately transcends both Kohlberg and Hoffman. The book manages, moreover, to be both practical and inspiring. Having cited this book repeatedly and assigned it to my students every semester for the past several years, I am delighted to see this thoroughly updated second edition.

 

- David Moshman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

 

"A bold, penetrating, and cutting-edge analysis... Gibbs brings clarity to current discussions about the nature of moral experience unmatched by his contemporaries and offers his own original synthesis. Those who read the first edition will want to read Gibbs’ fresh appraisal of current debates about how breakthroughs in evolutionary biology, affectivity, motivation, identity, prosocial behavior, and near-death experiences are influencing our understanding of moral development and the person."

 

- F. Clark Power, University of Notre Dame

 

 

"Every chapter in this second edition has been refined and improved... Gibbs provides new critiques of intuitionist and emotivist challenges to nonrelativist moral developmental paradigms [and] incorporates a new digest of the extensive cross-cultural research on universal trends in social-moral judgment... Gibbs sustains his reader-friendly, engaging writing style."

 

- John Snarey, Emory University Professor of Human Development and Ethics, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and co-author of Race-ing Moral Formation: African American Perspectives on Care and Justice.

 

 

"Takes the bold step of synthesizing not only theory and practice, but also his informed speculation on the possibility of morality’s underlying reality. The book is particularly strong in providing a clear and updated summary of two of the most influential moral theories―Lawrence Kohlberg’s stage theory of moral development and Martin Hoffman’s theory of empathy. Gibbs has made a major contribution to the field with his analysis of the way the two theories complement each other to provide a richer understanding of moral motivation and action. The theoretical chapters provide a strong foundation for later chapters on understanding and treating antisocial behavior. The blend of theory and practice makes this an important book not only for scholars of moral development, but also for helping professionals such as teachers, counselors, and therapists. Education in the twenty-first century will increasingly stress the sort of lively, interdisciplinary perspective―a fascinating blend of psychology, philosophy, and even physics―that John Gibbs brings to this well crafted work."

 

- Elizabeth C. Vozzola, Saint Joseph College

 

"Moral Development and Reality is such an amazing book!"

 

- Laura E. Berk, Illinois State University

 

"Quite alive intellectually, a real page-turner."

 

- Daniel K. Lapsley, University of Notre Dame

 

“Very rich, stimulating, and first-rate.”

 

- Daan Brugman, University of Utrecht

 

“A truly remarkable synthesis.”

 

- Charles Helwig, University of Toronto

 

"There is no one with a better understanding of how to help young people behave in a moral manner than John Gibbs. This book offers a far-reaching analysis of basic process in moral development, and it should be read by anyone who is interested in theory and practice of promoting positive behavior in even the most troubled young."

- William Damon, Stanford University

L'autore:

John C. Gibbs, Ph.D. (Harvard University, 1972) is Professor of Developmental Psychology at The Ohio State University. His work on moral judgment assessment and on interventions with antisocial youth has not only seen widespread use in the United States and Great Britain but has also been translated and adapted for use in Germany, Italy, Taiwan, The Netherlands, and other countries. Dr. Gibbs and coauthors’ EQUIP intervention program won the 1998 Reclaiming Children and Youth Spotlight on Excellence Award. He has served as a member of the Ohio Governor’s Council on Juvenile Justice, as well as the Social Cognitive Training Study Group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Violence Prevention). He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. Some of his other books are Moral Maturity: Measuring the Development of Sociomoral Reflection (with coauthors Karen Basinger and Dick Fuller) and The EQUIP Program: Teaching Youth to Think and Act Responsibly through a Peer-Helping Approach (with coauthors Granville Bud Potter and Arnold Goldstein). In addition to his books, Dr. Gibbs has published (alone or with coauthors) more than 70 book chapters and articles pertaining to the topics involved in Moral Development and Reality.

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• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0205595243
• ISBN 13: 9780205595242
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 292