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Pope, William R.; Forsyth, Donelson R. – 1983
In analyzing various moral and legal philosophies, two perspectives emerge, absolute moral rules/higher law, and situationally-specific moral rules/legal positivism. From these two perspectives, four types of individuals emerge in accordance with their degree of adherence to ideological tenets: (1) situationists (high on idealism and relativism);…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Ethics, Evaluative Thinking, Individual Development
Bai, Wenyu – 2003
This study interviewed five philosophically precocious individuals (PPIs), four Chinese and one American, to examine their development. Theoretical frameworks used to evaluate data were the Transcendence Evolution Model and the taxonomy of developmental strategies. The Transcendence Evolution Model posits that children's different developmental…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Goal Orientation, Individual Development