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Integrating perspectives: How the development of second-personal competence lays the foundation for a second-personal morality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2020

John Corbit
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2. john.corbit@dal.ca; chris.moore@dal.cahttps://esdldalhousie.wixsite.com/esdl
Chris Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2. john.corbit@dal.ca; chris.moore@dal.cahttps://esdldalhousie.wixsite.com/esdl

Abstract

The integration of first-, second-, and third-personal information within joint intentional collaboration provides the foundation for broad-based second-personal morality. We offer two additions to this framework: a description of the developmental process through which second-personal competence emerges from early triadic interactions, and empirical evidence that collaboration with a concrete goal may provide an essential focal point for this integrative process.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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