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Seeking justice in the real world: A further explication of value contexts
Author(s) -
Rappaport Julian
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198407)12:3<208::aid-jcop2290120304>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - explication , behaviorism , value (mathematics) , community psychology , epistemology , psychology , economic justice , function (biology) , traffic psychology , social psychology , sociology , social science , psychotherapist , law , poison control , philosophy , evolutionary biology , political science , biology , medicine , environmental health , machine learning , computer science , suicide prevention
Following a brief clarification of the value assumptions of community mental health and community psychology, the error of assuming that behaviorism is less value based than other theories of man or strategies for doing science is demonstrated. First epistemological and then historical‐sociological arguments are presented to show that the contribution of behavioral community psychology to the explication of values is more a function of its association with community psychology and of its relatively recent emergence as a competitor for ascendence in applied psychology than of its idiosyncratic structural characteristics. Finally, an alternative to the view that survival values should be of prime importance to community psychology is offered.