Embodied Morality Protectionism, Engagement and Imagination
In this book the broad, interdisciplinary theory of Triune Ethics Meta-theory is explored to demonstrate how it explains the different patterns of morality seen in the world today. It describes how human morality develops dynamically from experience in ea
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Darcia Narvaez
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In a masterful integration of traditions within developmental science, cognitive science, biology, and cultural anthropology, Narvaez and colleagues build a case for triune ethics meta-theory—a provocative new theory of moral development. The volume provides readers with a thorough overview of the theory highlighting foundational work in neuroscience, research on early care, and existing models in moral psychology. Complementing this description is a summary of the extensive empirical work generated by the model. This book will undoubtedly influence how we view and study moral functioning. Steve Thoma, PhD, University Research Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Ethical Development, University of Alabama, USA Darcia Narvaez offers a brilliant and valuable new look at the nature of optimal moral development. Her triune ethics meta-theory is a muchneeded shift away from moral theory grounded in self-interested protectionism. Focusing on ideals, Narvaez shows ways that scholars can return to studying and emphasizing optimal human moral developmental—by attending to early development according to an evolutionary systems framing, by measuring a variety of moral mindsets, and by studying the supportive environments that encourage relational presence and communal imagination. The book is a must-read for scholars and all others interested in the essential field of moral psychology. William Damon is a Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and co-author of The Power of Ideals i
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Professor Narvaez’s book starts as a modestly condensed review of traditional moral theories and scholarship but quickly spirals into an intellectually ambitious essay on the fundamental pillars of a comprehensive theory of morality. The book is a provocative journey across evolutionary and epigenetic time and space, across proximal and ultimate levels of determinism, and across species and cultures to push the envelope on our understanding of morality. The theory is integrative, the data are persuasive, and the writing is clear and convincing. This compendium of scholarship has powerful implications for the survival of our species, breaks the borders of complicity, and sounds the call for urgent and foundational actions to redress the diseased direction of recent human activities. A captivating book that is sure to stimulate more interest, more debate, and more research, it will be invaluable for persons of scholarship, practice, and policy. Gustavo Carlo, Millsap Professor of Diversity and Multicultural Studies and Director, Center for Family Policy and Research, University of Missouri and co-editor of Prosocial Development In this groundbreaking work, Darcia Narvaez presents an overview of triune ethics meta-theory, a theory of moral development that draws on a variety of disciplines, including neurobiology, evolutionary theory, and anthropology. Her comprehensive approach to early moral development moves wel
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