NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ426190
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Recognizing Conventionality: Reply to Shweder and Helwig et al.
Gabennesch, Howard
Child Development, v61 n6 p2079-84 Dec 1990
Maintains that Shweder, Helwig, and the other respondents to Gabennesch attribute to Gabennesch a denial of moral law and that this is a misinterpretation of the argument. Maintains that the critics deny the implications of the social construction of reality, leading them to reject the concept of transparency. Describes alleged shortcomings of the Helwig and others argument. (BC)
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Moral Development, Realism, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Conventionality; Helwig (Charles); Moral Reality; Natural Law; Reification; Shweder (Richard)