| GUSTAVO
CARLO and CAROLYN POPE EDWARDS
Department of Psychology
University of NebraskaLincoln
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Progress in the
Study of Moral Development
Handbook of Moral Development
Edited by Melanie Killen and Judith Smetana. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006.
xvi + 790 pp. Cloth, $195.
In the not too distant past, moral development research was a field of interest and
excitement in developmental psychology. Lawrence Kohlberg's theory spurred controversy
and research, and the field owes much to him. Indeed, the last handbook
of moral development, edited by Kurtines and Gewirtz (1991), was dedicated to
Kohlberg's memory and was a tribute to his valued contributions. Since Kohlberg's
untimely death in 1987, however, the field has undergone dramatic transformations,
and therefore a new comprehensive handbook is long overdue. |
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