Some Do Care
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2010
368 pages
978-1-4391-1880-1 (ISBN)
Description
A look at the lives of twenty-three American moral leaders shows how these hometown heroes acquired their moral goals and sustained them in the face of grave risk and sacrifice, working for everything from civil rights to the poor.
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Anne Colby, a developmental psychologist, is Director of the Henry A. Murray Research Center at Radcliffe College and co-author of The Measurement of Moral Judgement.
William Damon, a developmental psychologist, is professor of education and chairman of the Department of Education at Brown University. He is the author of The Moral Child.
William Damon, a developmental psychologist, is professor of education and chairman of the Department of Education at Brown University. He is the author of The Moral Child.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Mysteries of Moral Commitment
- Identifying Moral Exemplars and Studying Their Lives
- Suzie Valadez "Queen of the Dump"
- Courage and Certainty Amid Risk
- Virginia Durr
- Jack Coleman Seeker of Personal Excellence
- How Moral Commitment Develops Throughout Life
- Charleszetta Waddles Matriarch of Faith
- Cabell Brand Entrepreneur in Service to the Poor
- Positivity and Hopefulness
- The Uniting of Self and Morality
- APPENDIX AThe Nominating Study
- APPENDIX BMethodological Concerns
- APPENDIX CAction Commitment and Moral Judgment The Kohlberg Measure
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
