Social Discourse and Moral Judgement

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Jacket Description/Back: Moral science or social science? Moral science as social science? Moral science is social science. Here are imponderables that engaged the energies of ancient philosophers and have enlisted armies of able thinkers ever since, right up to our own 'post-modernist' epoch. Review Quotes: "This volume draws prominents representatives of social contructionism together, bridging philosophy and psychology in an unusally effective way."WILLIAM PAKAUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS "This work has several impressive features... strength of scholarship... timeliness... organizational style... and its level of focus on the subject matter. This book should be received eagerly by scholars in a variety of disciplines (and) although not intended as a textbook, I would expect to see the book assigned in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology, developmental psychology, and sociology. I would definately assign parts of this book in my course on moral development."PHILIP DAVIDSONCATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICATable of Contents: "D. N. Robinson," Introduction. "K. J. Gergen," Social Construction and Moral Action. "J. T. Lamiell," Persons, Selves, and Agency. "J. F. Rychlak," Morality in a Mediating Mechanism? A Logical Learning Theorist Looks at Social Construction. "R. Harre"On Being Taken Up By Others. "J. Sabini and M. Silver," The Moral Dimension in Social Psychology. "D. N. Robinson," Social Science and Moral Science. "J. Bruner," Psychology, Morality, and the Law. "D. C. O'Connell," The Roots of More than Civility. "R. P. George," Free Choice, Practical Reason, and Fitness for the Rule of Law. "N. C. Much," The Sword of Manjusri: A Postmodern Morality of Intellect and Skillful Means for Relative Worlds. "G. S. Howard," Can There Be a Just and Moral Social Constructionist Psychology?"F. Moghaddam," There Can Be a Just and Moral Social Constructionist Psychology, But Only in a Social World that is Homogeneous and/or Static. "J. Shotter," Social Constructionism: Relativism, Moral Sources, and Judgments of Adequacy. "W. G. Parrott," Moral Philosophy and Social Science: A Critique of Constructionist Reason. Epilogue."

Contributor Bio:  Robinson, Daniel N Daniel N. Robinson is professor of philosophy at Oxford University and visiting professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. He is professor emeritus of Georgetown University.