Morality stories
How narratives define explanations of ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2390544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Haste (0000-0002-2897-147X, University of Bath, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-21 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x251315736 |
| OpenAlex | W4406746959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Narratives underpin thinking about ethics and definitions of morality and this is important for education. Theories of ethical development and therefore of education rest on definitions of what constitutes 'morality', and on assumptions about how this develops in the individual, under what social and educational conditions. These 'theories' are based in scholarly philosophy and psychology, but also permeate ordinary lay thinking and everyday meaning-making. Different theories of morality and moral development are constructed on different ethical narratives which frame explanations, goals and beliefs about the processes of development. Different definitions of morality imply different routes to development and therefore also education strategies. The paper explores three narratives that inform current moral psychology: morality as reasoning, morality as virtue and morality as intuition or emotion. The theoretical model derives from the work of Lev Vygotsky; the intersection and interconnectedness of individual, dialogic and cultural processes. While each can be a distinct focus of research, none can be understood without recognising how it is interwoven with the others
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Morality · Narrative · Sociology · Ethics in Business and Education · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Philosophy · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds
Becoming Right
The Culture of Education
From Is to Ought
Beyond Point-and-Shoot Morality
Sex Differences in the Development of Moral Reasoning
Action, Outcome, and Value
The emotional dog and its rational tail
Communication and the Evolution of Society
A Theory of Justice
Creating Capabilities
Human Rights and Capabilities
Recent attacks on character education in a UK context
Shaping History
Cross-cultural universality of social-moral development
Evaluating the status of theories of emotion in political science and psychology
Moral reasoning of young adults
Mapping the moral domain
Upheavals of Thought
Political conservatism as motivated social cognition
The Dialogical Self
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |