Evidence that individuals distinguish between moral and conventional rules is reviewed. Moral rules prohibit actions that result in victims (e.g., violence, stealing, etc.). Conventional rules prohibit actions that do not result in victims (e.g., not saying please, dressing in opposite sex clothes). Previous theoretical accounts of the development of the moral/conventional distinction are discussed. These theories are contrasted with an approach that is developed here. It is proposed that there is a mechanism, a Violence Inhibition Mechanism (VIM), that is responsible for the previously observed aversive arousal response to the distress of others. It is proposed that this aversive arousal response is a prerequisite for the developmen...
Evolutionary theorists since Darwin have viewed morality as a system designed for altruism. However,...
Moral judgments about a situation are profoundly shaped by the perception of individuals in that sit...
People who act in accord with moral standards enjoy a strong moral self-concept, but people with a s...
Three complementary approaches to understanding psychopathy have been proposed. The five-factor mode...
Certain researchers in the field of moral psychology, following Turiel (1983), argue that children a...
The roles of shame and guilt, and their relationships to empathy, have not been modeled adequately a...
Early moral psychologists identified the moral domain with a class of actions that negatively impact...
Findings in the field of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience have shed new light on o...
The position developed in this chapter resembles that taken by Aristotle more than that taken by mos...
In an experimental critique of the moral/conventional (M/C) distinction, Kelly et al. (2007) present...
The interest in the relationship between morality and behaviour is often determined by the interest ...
What does being moral mean? On one hand people may justify mercy killing as sparing omeone’s sufferi...
The major aim of this chapter is to discuss a research program designed to assess emotion-cognition-...
Neil Levy argues that empirical data shows that psychopaths lack the moral knowledge required for mo...
A theory is presented concerning the impact of attributions about the causes of emotional responses ...
Evolutionary theorists since Darwin have viewed morality as a system designed for altruism. However,...
Moral judgments about a situation are profoundly shaped by the perception of individuals in that sit...
People who act in accord with moral standards enjoy a strong moral self-concept, but people with a s...
Three complementary approaches to understanding psychopathy have been proposed. The five-factor mode...
Certain researchers in the field of moral psychology, following Turiel (1983), argue that children a...
The roles of shame and guilt, and their relationships to empathy, have not been modeled adequately a...
Early moral psychologists identified the moral domain with a class of actions that negatively impact...
Findings in the field of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience have shed new light on o...
The position developed in this chapter resembles that taken by Aristotle more than that taken by mos...
In an experimental critique of the moral/conventional (M/C) distinction, Kelly et al. (2007) present...
The interest in the relationship between morality and behaviour is often determined by the interest ...
What does being moral mean? On one hand people may justify mercy killing as sparing omeone’s sufferi...
The major aim of this chapter is to discuss a research program designed to assess emotion-cognition-...
Neil Levy argues that empirical data shows that psychopaths lack the moral knowledge required for mo...
A theory is presented concerning the impact of attributions about the causes of emotional responses ...
Evolutionary theorists since Darwin have viewed morality as a system designed for altruism. However,...
Moral judgments about a situation are profoundly shaped by the perception of individuals in that sit...
People who act in accord with moral standards enjoy a strong moral self-concept, but people with a s...