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- ISBN 9780791402801
- Weight: 336g
- Publication Date: 05 Jul 1990
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explains and offers insights into the humanizing effects of the ethnic and cultural sources of moral values. The author provides an alternative to the concept of moral development formulated by Lawrence Kohlberg, arguing that morality is socially constructed, not based on rational principles of individuals.
Cortese offers critical analyses of ethnicity and moral judgment, combining two controversial and central areas: morality and race relations. Critiquing the cognitive-developmental model, Cortese examines social class, gender, and ethnic differences in moral judgment and concludes that moral judgment reflects the structure of social relations, not the structure of human cognition. He carefully situates his own argument in relation to both Kolbergian theory and the feminist critique thereof.
Anthony J. Cortese is Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of Mexican American Studies at Southern Methodist University.
