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Agency and context in cultural psychology: Implications for moral theory
Author(s) -
Miller Joan G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219977607
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , morality , context (archaeology) , cultural psychology , moral agency , psychology , moral development , cultural sensitivity , social psychology , sociology , social environment , epistemology , environmental ethics , social science , paleontology , philosophy , psychotherapist , biology
This commentary examines the previous chapters and argues that a challenge for work on morality is to retain a concern with both context sensitivity and agency, while giving weight to the impact of culture on the development of self.