The Cultural-Developmental Theory of Moral Psychology: A New Synthesis

Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jensen, Lene Arnett ^a  

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Author keywords

Cognitive developmental; Cultural developmental template; Culture; Moral domains; Moral emotions; Moral orientations; Moral reasoning; Three ethics

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EID: 84921259449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383430.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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