Institutional Self Quotes

“Kohlberg's stage 4 is essentially the psychological birth of ideology, which is a meaning system that is above all factional - that is, it is a truth for a group, caste, class, clan, nation, church, race, generation, gender, trade, or interest group. This ideology can be implicit and tacit, or explicit and public. It is identified, in any case, by the extent to which it makes the maintenance and protection of its own group the ultimate basis of valuing, so that 'right' is defined on behalf of the group, rather than the group being defined on behalf of the rights”
― Robert Kegan, The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development