Cultural psychology's approach to understanding ethics and its capacities in ethical knowledge creation

The intersection of ethics with other disciplines, including psychology, offers valuable opportunities for the development and expansion of ethical knowledge. Recognizing the unique and influential contributions of various fields, particularly psychology, is crucial. Cultural psychology, a discipline that has emerged in the past decade, provides significant insights and capabilities in advancing ethical knowledge. This article aims to explore how cultural psychologists approach the understanding of ethics and the transformative potential it holds. Despite the importance of studying ethical transformation through cultural psychology, the dimensions of this exploration remain insufficiently explained. Hence, this article employs a descriptive-analytical approach to illuminate and analyze the most innovative aspects of this theory. The findings emphasize five key capacities that greatly contribute to ethical growth from the perspective of cultural psychology: symbolic interpretation of culture, critique of established dualities, examination of dominant methodologies, integration of religion and spirituality into ethics, and practical relativism.