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Moral reasoning, cultural practices, and social inequalities

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dc.creator Elliot Turiel
dc.date 2012
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-23T21:06:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-23T21:06:16Z
dc.identifier http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179425449002
dc.identifier.uri http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/118468
dc.description This article addresses a set of questions regarding relations between culture and morality. Unlike positions of moral relativism based on varying orientations in different cultures, it is proposed that moral development involves the construction of thinking in the moral domain through children's reciprocal interactions with others. Along with the construction of moral reasoning based on understandings of welfare, justice, and rights, children construct judgments about conventions in the social system and areas of personal jurisdiction. The analyses presented show that cultural comparisons require attention to variations within cultures, commonalities between cultures, and patterns of similarities and differences between cultures. One seemingly common feature in most cultures is the existence of social hierarchies and inequalities, with groups distributed in positions of greater power and status over other groups. Research in several cultures, including patriarchal ones, shows that people in subordinate positions regularly challenge cultural practices of inequality and unfair restrictions on their personal choices and autonomy. Social opposition and resistance stem from moral judgments by which individuals are able to reflect upon systems of social organization and cultural practices.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Instituto Politécnico Nacional
dc.relation http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1794
dc.rights Innovación Educativa
dc.source Innovación Educativa (México) Num.59 Vol.12
dc.subject Educación
dc.subject Culture
dc.subject moral resistance
dc.subject morality
dc.subject social inequalities
dc.subject social justice
dc.title Moral reasoning, cultural practices, and social inequalities
dc.type artículo científico


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