Handbook of moral development / edited by Mealnie Killen, Judith Smetana

Contents Include:

I Introduction

II Structuralism and moral development stages

1. Thought, emotions, and social interactional processes in moral development / Elliot Turiel
2. Moral stage theory / Daniel K. Lapsley
3. Research on the defining issues test / Stephen J. Thoma
4. Gender and morality / Lawrence J. Walker

III Social domain theory and social justice

5. Social-cognitive domain theory : consistencies and variations in children's moral and social judgments / Judith G. Smetana
6. Morality in the context of intergroup relationships / Melanie Killen, Nancy Geyelin Margie, and Stefanie Sinno
7. Rights, civil liberties, and democracy across cultures / Charles C. Helwig
8. Moral development in culture : diversity, tolerance, and justice / Cecilia Wainryb

IV Conscience and internalization

9. The development of moral behavior and conscience from a socialization perspective / Joan E. Grusec
10. Understanding values in relationships : the development of conscience / Ross A. Thompson, Sara Meyer, and Meredith McGinley
11. Sources of innovation and change in socialization, internalization and acculturation / Leon Kuczynski and Geoffrey S. Navara

V Social interactional, sociocultural and comparative approaches

12. Moral development in early childhood and social interaction in the family / Judy Dunn
13. Mediated moralities : sociocultural approaches to moral development / Mark B. Tappan
14. Insights into moral development from cultural psychology / Joan G. Miller
15. Reciprocity : the foundation stone of morality / Douglas P. Fry
16. Everyone's monkey : primate moral roots / Peter Verbeek
17. Nature and moral development/ Peter H. Kahn, Jr.

VI: Empathy, emotions, and aggression

18. We are, by nature, moral creatures : biological bases of concern for others / Paul D. Hastings, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, and Kelly McShane
19. Empathy-related responding in children / Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy Spinrad, and Adrienne Sadovsky
20. Care-based and altruistically based morality / Gustavo Carlo
21. Children's conceptions and displays of moral emotions / William F. Arsenio, Jason Gold, and Erin Adams
22. Aggression, delinquency, and morality : a social-cognitive perspective / Marie S. Tisak, John Tisak, and Sara E. Goldstein

VII: Moral education, character development, and community service

23. Community service and moral development / Daniel Hart, Robert Atkins, and Thomas M. Donnelly
24. Education for moral development / Larry Nucci
25. Educating for positive youth development / Marvin W. Berkowitz, Stephen Sherblom, Melinda Bier, and Victor Battistich
26. Integrative ethical education / Darcia Narvaez.

Includes bibliographical references and index