Moral identity is a construct at the intersection of moral development and identity formation. It
is thought to be a source of moral motivation linking moral reasoning (our judgments about …

In Perception, Empathy, and Judgment Arne Johan Vetlesen focuses on the indispensable
role of emotion, especially the faculty of empathy, in morality. He contends that moral …

The traditional cognitive developmental perspective on moral acquisition posits that children
actively construct moral beliefs by assessing the negative impacts of antisocial behaviors …

This paper poses the following question: When, in spite of knowing that it is wrong, people
go on to hurt others, what does this mean for the development of moral agency? We begin …

This paper is concerned with the relationships among moral reasoning, moral motivation,
moral action, and moral identity. It explores how major figures in developmental psychology …

Morality is associated with bodily purity in the custom of many societies. Does that imply
moral purity is a universal psychological phenomenon? Empirically, it has never been …

Most contemporary moral philosophy is concerned with issues of rationality, universality,
impartiality, and principle. By contrast Lawrence Blum is concerned with the psychology of …

The concept of acting intentionally is an important nexus where theory of mind and moral
judgment meet. Preschool children's judgments of intentional action show a valence-driven …

The cognitive and neuro-sciences have made great strides in uncovering the nature of
human psychobiology in recent years. Moral educators have yet to make much of their …

What is distinctive about a bringing a learning perspective to moral psychology? Part of the
answer lies in the remarkable transformations that have taken place in learning theory over …