David I Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3740299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David I Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | David I |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER D I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3676-9703 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Educating for character in imperfect societies: The right and responsibility to learn to say that 2 + 2 = 4
Perceived Stress and Society-Wide Moral Judgment
This study examines the relationship between perceived stress and society-wide moral judgment by integrating two influential frameworks: the neo-Kohlbergian approach and the CNI model of utilitarian-deontological decision-making. The neo-Kohlbergian approach to moral judgment proposes three moral schemas: (1) Personal Interest (PI), where decisions are self-focused; (2) Maintaining Norms (MN), which emphasizes adherence to social rules and norms;…
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Empathy on Prosocial Behavior in Emerging Adulthood
The present study examined how empathy (affective and cognitive), basic psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), and demographic factors (gender and academic achievement) jointly predict prosocial behavior during emerging adulthood. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this research explored whether relatedness need satisfaction mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial tendencies. A total of N=889 …
Crisis preparation for people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: A cross-sectional survey of needs
With increasing prevalence of disasters or crises such as fires, floods, and pandemics globally, people with disabilities are disproportionally at risk for short- and long-term consequences. We surveyed 1479 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) living in Australia to understand their needs for a crisis preparation plan. Only 17.4% already had a plan that met their needs, 31.0% and 6.5% indicated they would find creating or updating a plan helpful …
Interaction of empathy and culture: A review
Towards a critical character education using virtue ethics philosophy and Bourdieu’s sociology
In this article I develop ideas for supporting character education through sociology and virtue ethics philosophy. A combination of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of habitus together with (neo) Aristotelian virtue ethics philosophy is used to promote a critical form of character education—one that accents the individual as well as the social context through human embodiment. In brief, my intention is that this framework may underpin conceptual and prac…
Sociological contributions to moral education
While true interdisciplinarity is needed to understand morality and its development, a realistic step in that direction for the current special issue is to enhance and promote a neglected disciplinary contribution to the field, namely sociology.This special issue brings together six articles applying sociological analysis to moral development and education together with one article overviewing sociological contributions to morality in general.The…
Dispositional Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity among Iranians, U.S. citizens, and Bicultural-Iranians Living in the U.S
Young adults’ empathic responses to others in psychological pain as compared to physical pain: Does prior experience of pain matter
A comparative investigation of emerging adults’ moral thinking and communication competencies in Taiwan, the USA, and the UK
Emerging adulthood is a unique and distinct period demographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity exploration in developed and developing countries. This study aimed to investigate emerging adults’ moral thinking and communication competencies, and their differences by socio-demographic factors (i.e., gender, religious affiliation, college major, educational stages), in Taiwan, the USA, and the UK, as well as compare similarities/common …
Cultivating character through physical education using memetic, progressive and transformative practices in schools
This paper articulates how the teaching of movement, physical activity and sport, through formal education and schooling, and the medium of physical education, affords opportunities for twenty-first-century character education. We begin by outlining our theoretical framework for character education and identify how character-traits developed through teaching morally and morality, can be pigeonholed into one of four categories, including performan…
Sociological contributions for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character
There is a tendency for research on morality to focus on the individual, sometimes at the expense of context, using overly individual notions of the person. To some extent, this is an understandable consequence of disciplinary focus, and a scientific need to break phenomena down into manageable parts. I will advocate incorporating sociological perspectives for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character. This interdisciplinary …
Learning to own professional practice through character – The case of the junior British Army officer
Using a theoretical framework combining the sociological concept of habitus and virtue ethics philosophy the article analyses 39 interviews with junior British Army officers and cadets to explore moral character development in the early years. Overall, with a focus on moral character, the article asks how these junior Army officers are exploring their own way in the practice in a complex and protracted process of learning and socialization. Once …
Character and Moral Judgment: Neo-Kohlbergian and Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Perspectives
This article identifies theoretical and practical resources for practitioners and researchers working toward cultivating character and moral judgment in youth. In doing this, the article draws on a 3-year study on character education in U.K. schools completed by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham and research measures provided by the Center for the Study of Ethical Development at the University of Alabama
Exploring situational empathy and intergroup empathy bias among people with two opposing cultural norms: Collectivism and individualism
A study of moral reasoning among secondary students in a public co-educational and private girls school in Mexico
Proponents of character education claim cultivating virtues during schooling helps students, schools and society flourish but critics argue character education programs implicitly justify social inequality by assuming success or failure in life is due to individual character. There is little empirical research about which individual factors, such as gender, or contextual factors, such as school type, may affect secondary school students’ characte…
Adolescents’ application of the virtues across five cultural contexts
Little is known about adolescent applications of the virtues such as honesty, responsibility and courage across different cultural contexts. Using the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure we analyze samples of adolescents (ages 12 to 20; N = 9,112) from 5 contexts: North Macedonia, Mexico, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Across samples, adolescents provide evidence of developmental growth in the ability to apply virtue conc…
The character gap: How good are we
In this highly engaging and accessible book, Christian Miller draws on his own discipline of philosophy, together with a comprehensive knowledge of psychology, to offer a reality check about the st
Shining light into dark shadows of violence and learned helplessness: Peace education in South Korean schools
The paper illustrates how a culture of violence is perpetuated and reproduced in South Korea through schooling and argues that peace education could help transform a culture of violence to a culture of peace. Critical ethnographic methods and a framework of peace education were applied to a sample of secondary schools in South Korea to argue that a disturbing culture of violence and learned helplessness were present; this comprises themes of dire…
Adolescent moral judgement: A study of UK secondary school pupils
Despite a recent world‐wide upsurge of academic interest in moral and character education, little is known about pupils’ character development in schools, especially in the UK context. The authors used a version of the Intermediate Concept Measure for Adolescents, involving dilemmas, to assess an important component of character—moral judgement—among 4053 pupils aged 14–15. Data were generated in 33 UK schools of varying types between February 20…
Good Friendships among Children: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Ethical dimensions of friendship have rarely been explicitly addressed as aspects of friendship quality in studies of children's peer relationships. This study identifies aspects of moral virtue significant for friendship, as a basis for empirically investigating the role of ethical qualities in children's friendship assessments and aspirations. We introduce a eudaimonic conception of friendship quality, identify aspects of moral virtue foundatio…
Developing the whole child in an age of academic measurement: Can this be done according to U.K. teachers
Anticipating Army Exit: Identity Constructions of Final Year UK Career Soldiers
There is recent concern about what becomes of Armed Forces leavers. This is most apparent among leavers themselves and is a feature of short careers that compel individuals to find replacement jobs and lifestyles. Concern for one's civilian future rises to prominence in the preexit period and is confronted in resettlement processes during this time. Based on qualitative analysis of interviews with twenty-eight UK regular Army career soldiers and …
Anticipating Army Exit: Identity Constructions of Final Year UK Career Soldiers
There is recent concern about what becomes of Armed Forces leavers. This is most apparent among leavers themselves and is a feature of short careers that compel individuals to find replacement jobs and lifestyles. Concern for one's civilian future rises to prominence in the preexit period and is confronted in resettlement processes during this time. Based on qualitative analysis of interviews with twenty-eight UK regular Army career soldiers and …
Good Friendships among Children: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Ethical dimensions of friendship have rarely been explicitly addressed as aspects of friendship quality in studies of children's peer relationships. This study identifies aspects of moral virtue significant for friendship, as a basis for empirically investigating the role of ethical qualities in children's friendship assessments and aspirations. We introduce a eudaimonic conception of friendship quality, identify aspects of moral virtue foundatio…
Developing the whole child in an age of academic measurement: Can this be done according to U.K. teachers
A study of moral reasoning among secondary students in a public co-educational and private girls school in Mexico
Proponents of character education claim cultivating virtues during schooling helps students, schools and society flourish but critics argue character education programs implicitly justify social inequality by assuming success or failure in life is due to individual character. There is little empirical research about which individual factors, such as gender, or contextual factors, such as school type, may affect secondary school students’ characte…
Adolescent moral judgement: A study of UK secondary school pupils
Despite a recent world‐wide upsurge of academic interest in moral and character education, little is known about pupils’ character development in schools, especially in the UK context. The authors used a version of the Intermediate Concept Measure for Adolescents, involving dilemmas, to assess an important component of character—moral judgement—among 4053 pupils aged 14–15. Data were generated in 33 UK schools of varying types between February 20…
Exploring situational empathy and intergroup empathy bias among people with two opposing cultural norms: Collectivism and individualism
Adolescents’ application of the virtues across five cultural contexts
Little is known about adolescent applications of the virtues such as honesty, responsibility and courage across different cultural contexts. Using the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure we analyze samples of adolescents (ages 12 to 20; N = 9,112) from 5 contexts: North Macedonia, Mexico, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Across samples, adolescents provide evidence of developmental growth in the ability to apply virtue conc…
Shining light into dark shadows of violence and learned helplessness: Peace education in South Korean schools
The paper illustrates how a culture of violence is perpetuated and reproduced in South Korea through schooling and argues that peace education could help transform a culture of violence to a culture of peace. Critical ethnographic methods and a framework of peace education were applied to a sample of secondary schools in South Korea to argue that a disturbing culture of violence and learned helplessness were present; this comprises themes of dire…
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Empathy on Prosocial Behavior in Emerging Adulthood
The present study examined how empathy (affective and cognitive), basic psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), and demographic factors (gender and academic achievement) jointly predict prosocial behavior during emerging adulthood. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this research explored whether relatedness need satisfaction mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial tendencies. A total of N=889 …
Anticipating Army Exit: Identity Constructions of Final Year UK Career Soldiers
There is recent concern about what becomes of Armed Forces leavers. This is most apparent among leavers themselves and is a feature of short careers that compel individuals to find replacement jobs and lifestyles. Concern for one's civilian future rises to prominence in the preexit period and is confronted in resettlement processes during this time. Based on qualitative analysis of interviews with twenty-eight UK regular Army career soldiers and …
Developing the whole child in an age of academic measurement: Can this be done according to U.K. teachers
Good Friendships among Children: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Ethical dimensions of friendship have rarely been explicitly addressed as aspects of friendship quality in studies of children's peer relationships. This study identifies aspects of moral virtue significant for friendship, as a basis for empirically investigating the role of ethical qualities in children's friendship assessments and aspirations. We introduce a eudaimonic conception of friendship quality, identify aspects of moral virtue foundatio…
Shining light into dark shadows of violence and learned helplessness: Peace education in South Korean schools
The paper illustrates how a culture of violence is perpetuated and reproduced in South Korea through schooling and argues that peace education could help transform a culture of violence to a culture of peace. Critical ethnographic methods and a framework of peace education were applied to a sample of secondary schools in South Korea to argue that a disturbing culture of violence and learned helplessness were present; this comprises themes of dire…
Adolescent moral judgement: A study of UK secondary school pupils
Despite a recent world‐wide upsurge of academic interest in moral and character education, little is known about pupils’ character development in schools, especially in the UK context. The authors used a version of the Intermediate Concept Measure for Adolescents, involving dilemmas, to assess an important component of character—moral judgement—among 4053 pupils aged 14–15. Data were generated in 33 UK schools of varying types between February 20…
A study of moral reasoning among secondary students in a public co-educational and private girls school in Mexico
Proponents of character education claim cultivating virtues during schooling helps students, schools and society flourish but critics argue character education programs implicitly justify social inequality by assuming success or failure in life is due to individual character. There is little empirical research about which individual factors, such as gender, or contextual factors, such as school type, may affect secondary school students’ characte…
Adolescents’ application of the virtues across five cultural contexts
Little is known about adolescent applications of the virtues such as honesty, responsibility and courage across different cultural contexts. Using the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure we analyze samples of adolescents (ages 12 to 20; N = 9,112) from 5 contexts: North Macedonia, Mexico, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Across samples, adolescents provide evidence of developmental growth in the ability to apply virtue conc…
The character gap: How good are we
In this highly engaging and accessible book, Christian Miller draws on his own discipline of philosophy, together with a comprehensive knowledge of psychology, to offer a reality check about the st
A comparative investigation of emerging adults’ moral thinking and communication competencies in Taiwan, the USA, and the UK
Emerging adulthood is a unique and distinct period demographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity exploration in developed and developing countries. This study aimed to investigate emerging adults’ moral thinking and communication competencies, and their differences by socio-demographic factors (i.e., gender, religious affiliation, college major, educational stages), in Taiwan, the USA, and the UK, as well as compare similarities/common …
Cultivating character through physical education using memetic, progressive and transformative practices in schools
This paper articulates how the teaching of movement, physical activity and sport, through formal education and schooling, and the medium of physical education, affords opportunities for twenty-first-century character education. We begin by outlining our theoretical framework for character education and identify how character-traits developed through teaching morally and morality, can be pigeonholed into one of four categories, including performan…
Sociological contributions for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character
There is a tendency for research on morality to focus on the individual, sometimes at the expense of context, using overly individual notions of the person. To some extent, this is an understandable consequence of disciplinary focus, and a scientific need to break phenomena down into manageable parts. I will advocate incorporating sociological perspectives for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character. This interdisciplinary …
Learning to own professional practice through character – The case of the junior British Army officer
Using a theoretical framework combining the sociological concept of habitus and virtue ethics philosophy the article analyses 39 interviews with junior British Army officers and cadets to explore moral character development in the early years. Overall, with a focus on moral character, the article asks how these junior Army officers are exploring their own way in the practice in a complex and protracted process of learning and socialization. Once …
Character and Moral Judgment: Neo-Kohlbergian and Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Perspectives
This article identifies theoretical and practical resources for practitioners and researchers working toward cultivating character and moral judgment in youth. In doing this, the article draws on a 3-year study on character education in U.K. schools completed by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham and research measures provided by the Center for the Study of Ethical Development at the University of Alabama
Exploring situational empathy and intergroup empathy bias among people with two opposing cultural norms: Collectivism and individualism
Young adults’ empathic responses to others in psychological pain as compared to physical pain: Does prior experience of pain matter
Crisis preparation for people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: A cross-sectional survey of needs
With increasing prevalence of disasters or crises such as fires, floods, and pandemics globally, people with disabilities are disproportionally at risk for short- and long-term consequences. We surveyed 1479 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) living in Australia to understand their needs for a crisis preparation plan. Only 17.4% already had a plan that met their needs, 31.0% and 6.5% indicated they would find creating or updating a plan helpful …
Interaction of empathy and culture: A review
Towards a critical character education using virtue ethics philosophy and Bourdieu’s sociology
In this article I develop ideas for supporting character education through sociology and virtue ethics philosophy. A combination of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of habitus together with (neo) Aristotelian virtue ethics philosophy is used to promote a critical form of character education—one that accents the individual as well as the social context through human embodiment. In brief, my intention is that this framework may underpin conceptual and prac…
Sociological contributions to moral education
While true interdisciplinarity is needed to understand morality and its development, a realistic step in that direction for the current special issue is to enhance and promote a neglected disciplinary contribution to the field, namely sociology.This special issue brings together six articles applying sociological analysis to moral development and education together with one article overviewing sociological contributions to morality in general.The…
Dispositional Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity among Iranians, U.S. citizens, and Bicultural-Iranians Living in the U.S
Educating for character in imperfect societies: The right and responsibility to learn to say that 2 + 2 = 4
Perceived Stress and Society-Wide Moral Judgment
This study examines the relationship between perceived stress and society-wide moral judgment by integrating two influential frameworks: the neo-Kohlbergian approach and the CNI model of utilitarian-deontological decision-making. The neo-Kohlbergian approach to moral judgment proposes three moral schemas: (1) Personal Interest (PI), where decisions are self-focused; (2) Maintaining Norms (MN), which emphasizes adherence to social rules and norms;…
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Empathy on Prosocial Behavior in Emerging Adulthood
The present study examined how empathy (affective and cognitive), basic psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), and demographic factors (gender and academic achievement) jointly predict prosocial behavior during emerging adulthood. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this research explored whether relatedness need satisfaction mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial tendencies. A total of N=889 …
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Moral development (6 works) · Virtue (6 works)