Moral psychology : historical and contemporary readings

Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings is the first book to bring together the most significant contemporary and historical works on the topic from both philosophy and psychology. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to moral psychology, which is the study of psychological mechanisms and processes underlying ethics and morality * Unique in bringing together contemporary texts by philosophers, psychologists and other cognitive scientists with foundational works from both philosophy and psychology * Approaches moral psychology from an empirically informed perspective * Explores a wide range of topics from passion and altruism to virtue and responsibility * Editorial introductions to each section explain the background of and connections between the selections