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I. A Historical Introduction I. A Historical Introduction
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Fences and neighbors Fences and neighbors
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The present chapter The present chapter
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II. Situating Moral Self-Identity II. Situating Moral Self-Identity
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Blasian moral identity Blasian moral identity
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Promising leads and challenges Promising leads and challenges
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III. The Social-Cognitive Approach III. The Social-Cognitive Approach
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Schema accessibility, centrality, and the moral person Schema accessibility, centrality, and the moral person
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Explanatory reach Explanatory reach
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IV. The Empirical Warrant IV. The Empirical Warrant
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Does moral identity have a dark side? Does moral identity have a dark side?
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Moral identity as a progressive research program Moral identity as a progressive research program
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V. Whither Development? V. Whither Development?
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VI. Summary and Conclusion VI. Summary and Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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2 Moral Self-Identity and the Social-Cognitive Theory of Virtue
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Published:September 2016
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This chapter describes a social-cognitive theory of moral identity. It trades on important themes in ethical theory that emphasize the importance of second-order desires and strong evaluation. After placing moral identity within a historical context of moral development research, and describing Blasi’s pioneering work in reaction to it, the chapter outlines the key elements of the social-cognitive alternative that emphasizes the accessibility and centrality of moral identity within the working self-concept, and the role of situations in activating or deactivating its accessibility. The empirical warrant for this approach is reviewed. A claim is made that social-cognitive moral identity theory is a progressive research program and has implications for current debates about situationism and the stability of moral dispositions.
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