The Culture of Morality: Social Development, Context, and Conflict

by Elliot Turiel

Book Overview

A thought-provoking examination of how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in the latter part of the twentieth century has been to lament the moral state of American society and the decline of morality among youth. A sharp turn toward an extreme form of individualism and a lack of concern for community involvement and civic participation are often blamed for the moral crisis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521808332
• ISBN13: 9780521808330
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"