Two Perspectives: On Self, Relationships, and Morality.

Lyons, Nona Plessner

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ERIC Number: EJ280565

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Publication Date: 1983-May

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Two Perspectives: On Self, Relationships, and Morality.

Lyons, Nona Plessner

Harvard Educational Review, v53 n2 p125-45 May 1983

The author offers interview data from female and male children, adolescents, and adults in support of the notion of having two distinct modes of describing the self in relation to others--separate/objective and connected--as well as two kinds of considerations used by individuals in making moral decisions--justice and care. (Author/SSH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Generation Gap, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Moral Issues, Moral Values, Personality Development, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Sex Differences, Value Judgment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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