Abstract
This study aims to identify and discuss articles that were based on contributions from the historical-cultural perspective developed by Vygotsky to understand and explain morality. Starting from an analysis of the author’s own ideas on the topic and the historical context in which they are inserted, we conducted a review of articles that used Vygotsky’s ideas to to discuss moral issues. The review carried out on scientific databases allowed the identification of 22 articles related to the topic. The material was analyzed from the following thematic axes: theoretical perspectives adopted in the studies; methodological procedures used; and themes and concepts discussed in the studies, focusing on the articulation of Vygotsky’s historical-cultural theory with moral development. Despite the relevance of the Vygotskyan theory for understanding of moral development, this perspective of study is shown to be poorly developed when comparing the Piagetian and Kohlberguian perspectives, most frequently used in studies on the psychology of moral development.
Keywords:
moral; Vygotsky; historical-cultural theory; literature review