PIAGET ON THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF FORGIVENESS - IDENTITY OR RECIPROCITY

Authors
ENRIGHT RD WU CR OLSON L CHANDLER J GASSIN E FREEDMAN S GOLDEN S SARINOPOULOS I
Citation
Rd. Enright et al., PIAGET ON THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF FORGIVENESS - IDENTITY OR RECIPROCITY, Human development, 37(2), 1994, pp. 63-80
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Human development → ACNP
ISSN journal
0018716X
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
63 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-716X(1994)37:2<63:POTMDO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In 1932 Piaget theorized that ideal reciprocity is the underlying cogn itive operation that makes the understanding and appreciation of forgi veness possible. Basing our analysis on modern philosophical inquiry, empirical study, and theory, we propose that abstract identity rather than ideal reciprocity underlies forgiveness. We argue the philosophic al and psychological adequacy of abstract identity and consider the si gnificance of forgiveness within human development.