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Social cognitive theory of morality
About: Social cognitive theory of morality is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5842 publications have been published within this topic receiving 250337 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that some of the concept's subtlety and power has been lost as the term has become popular, and foregrounded its Freudian and Durkheimian aspects and explicated the epistemological and ethical issues involved in its use.
Abstract: The article develops a critical analysis of the concept of moral panic and its sociological uses. Arguing that some of the concept's subtlety and power has been lost as the term has become popular, the article foregrounds its Freudian and Durkheimian aspects and explicates the epistemological and ethical issues involved in its use. Contrasting the dynamics of moral panics to the dynamics of culture wars, the author shows that both phenomena involve group relations and status competition, though each displays a characteristically different structure. The piece concludes by situating `moral panics' within a larger typology of concepts utilized in the sociology of social reaction.
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01 Jan 1995TL;DR: In this article, the first generation internalization approach to moral development is combined with constructivist approaches to develop moral character through physical education and sport, and a model of moral action is proposed to interpret the situation constructing a moral ideal contextual influence.
Abstract: Part 1 Theory: coming to terms with morality moral development - the first generation internalization approaches to moral development constructivist approaches to moral development. Part 2 Understanding moral action: toward an integrated model of moral action interpreting the situation constructing a moral ideal contextual influences implementing action. Part 3 Physical activity and character development: does sport build character? promoting moral character through physical education and sport.
376 citations
TL;DR: The authors extend self-completion theory to the moral domain and use it to integrate the research on moral cleansing (remunerative moral strivings) and moral licensing (relaxed moral Strivings), and show that people who recalled their immoral behavior reported greater participation in moral activities and showed less cheating.
Abstract: People's desires to see themselves as moral actors can contribute to their striving for and achievement of a sense of self-completeness. The authors use self-completion theory to predict (and show) that recalling one's own (im)moral behavior leads to compensatory rather than consistent moral action as a way of completing the moral self. In three studies, people who recalled their immoral behavior reported greater participation in moral activities (Study 1), reported stronger prosocial intentions (Study 2), and showed less cheating (Study 3) than people who recalled their moral behavior. These compensatory effects were related to the moral magnitude of the recalled event, but they did not emerge when people recalled their own positive or negative nonmoral behavior (Study 2) or others' (im)moral behavior (Study 3). Thus, the authors extend self-completion theory to the moral domain and use it to integrate the research on moral cleansing (remunerative moral strivings) and moral licensing (relaxed moral strivings).
370 citations