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About the Author
William Damon is Professor of Education and Director of the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. He is the author of eighteen books, including Greater Expectations, which won the Parent's Choice Book Award. Damon's reserach has been covered in many national publications, including the Boston Globe, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Anne Colby is Consulting Professor at Stanford University. Previously, she was director of the Henry Murray Research Center at Harvard University and Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Colby is the recipient of the Kuhmerker Award from the Association of Moral Education for life-time achievement in the fieldof moral development, and is an author of nine books, including Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education which won the Frederick W. Ness Book Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Her research has been covered in national publications such as the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New York Times, and the Wall Strees Journal.
Reviews
"As only Damon and Colby can do, the authors provide an expert, candid, and refreshing discussion of the complexities of the moral life. Looking for no easy answers, they raise concerns regarding popular trends in deterministic approaches and embrace the messiness of moral psychology-providing a vision for the roles of biology, culture, reason, emotions, imagination, behaviors, and virtue. Daring to explore issues of faith, unlike most social scientists, the authors offer a novel and important portrayal of the resources and demands of secular and religious faith in the quest to live a moral life. Readers beware-their unique approach of delving into the lives of actual historic, moral heroes does not just inform, but threatens to transform. The Power of Ideals offers a road map and gives hope that social change through moral excellence is accessible to the all of us." --Pamela Ebstyne King, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Fuller Theological Semiary Featured in PsycCRITIQUES
Book Information
ISBN 9780199357741
Author William Damon
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 155mm * 231mm * 18mm