1st Edition

The Routledge International Handbook of the Psychology of Morality

330 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This cutting-edge handbook examines moral psychology and behavior, uncovering layers of human morality through a comprehensive overview of topics and approaches. Featuring an array of expert international contributors, the book addresses five key themes: moral reasoning, moral judgments, moral emotions, moral behavior and moral self-views. Each section includes empirical chapters that address... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction: What is right and what is wrong relates to who you are and where you belong: Unpacking the psychology of morality

Naomi Ellemers, Stefano Pagliaro, and Félice van Nunspeet

Part 1: A vision on morality

Chapter 2 Forward: The Century of Moral Psychology

Jonathan Haidt

Part 2: Moral Reasoning

Part 2a: A vision on moral reasoning

Chapter 3 Moral reasoning: My personal journey

Linda Klebe Treviño

Part 2b: Empirical review chapters on moral reasoning

Chapter 4 The intrapersonal level: Intrapersonal Moral Reasoning

Paul Conway

Chapter 5 The interpersonal level: Impartial Beneficence: The Forgotten Core of Utilitarian Psychology

Jim Everett

Chapter 6 The intragroup level: How social identity tunes moral cognition

Jay J. Van Bavel, Dominic J. Packer, Jennifer L. Ray, Claire Robertson and Nick Ungson

Chapter 7 The intergroup level: Human = Moral: The Boundary Conditions for Moral Reasoning Engagement in Intergroup Contexts

Lasana T. Harris and Ramandeep Mungur

Part 3: Moral Judgments

Part 3a: A vision on moral judgements

Chapter 8 Moral judgment: What makes it unique?

Andrea E. Abele

Part 3b: Empirical review chapters on moral judgements

Chapter 9 The intrapersonal level: How positions of power shape judgments of others’ moral character: A social context perspective

Marlon Mooijman

Chapter 10 The interpersonal level: Interpersonal Consequences of Moral Judgments about Others

Christopher W. Bauman and Erik G. Helzer

Chapter 11 The intragroup level: Moral Character in Group Perception

Marco Brambilla and Simona Sacchi

Chapter 12 The intergroup level: Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Decision-Making

Jennifer Kubota, Richa Gautam and Jasmin Cloutier

Part 4: Moral Emotions

Part 4a: A vision on moral emotions

Chapter 13 A vision (and definition) of moral emotions

Roger Giner-Sorolla

Part 4b: Empirical review chapters on moral emotions

Chapter 14 The intrapersonal level: Beyond Contamination and Disgust: The Role of Moral Emotion in Threat Monitoring and Moral Judgment

Simone Schnall and Robert K. Henderson

Chapter 15 The interpersonal level: What is shame? Shame as a relational network of emotion-experience

Nicolay Gausel

Chapter 16 The intragroup level: Moral emotions, empathy, and acceptance of others as ingroup members: A social neuroscience perspective

Eric J. Vanman

Chapter 17 The intergroup level: Moral emotions in intergroup relations: The motivations and consequences of advantaged group members’ aims to challenge the intergroup inequality

Bertjan Doosje, Hanna Szekeres, Enzo Cáceres Quezada, Michael Boiger and Judit Kende

Part 5: Moral Behavior

Part 5a: A vision on moral behavior

Chapter 18 Behavioural Ethics: A Retrospective Reflection and Prospective Prescription

Ann E. Tenbrunsel

Part 5b: Empirical review chapters on moral behavior

Chapter 19 The intrapersonal level: From feelings to moral actions. A working memory model of emotional influences on people’s own moral behaviours

Lotte F. van Dillen

Chapter 20 The interpersonal level: Affirming transgressors’ morality as a strategy to promote apologies and interpersonal reconciliation: The promise and potential pitfalls

Nurit Shnabel

Chapter 21 The intragroup level: When and why reputational concerns influence immoral behaviour

Bianca Beersma, Annika S. Nieper, Maria T. M. Dijkstra and Gerben A. van Kleef

Chapter 22 The intergroup level: The strategic use of morality in intergroup relations

Susanne Täuber

Part 6: Moral Self-Views

Part 6a: A vision on moral self-views

Chapter 23 On the vertical: How the Moral self pursues its highest good

Karl Aquino

Part 6b: Empirical review chapters on moral self-views

Chapter 24 The intrapersonal level: The Moral Self

Jennifer Jordan, Elizabeth Mullen and Marijke C. Leliveld

Chapter 25 The interpersonal level: Moral self-views, at the interpersonal level of analysis

Myryam Kouchaki and Rajen Anderson

Chapter 26 The intragroup level: Morally motivated intragroup deviance and dissent

Jolanda Jetten and Charlie R. Crimston

Chapter 27 The intergroup level: Moral self-views: The intergroup level

Matthew J. Hornsey

Part 7: A concluding vision

Chapter 28 How morality shapes research – A conversation with the editors

Susan T. Fiske

Biography

Naomi Ellemers is Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University, Netherlands, elected member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Her research focuses on the way people live together in groups and work together in organizations. She examines how individual behaviors and moral choices are influenced by social concerns and group norms.

Stefano Pagliaro is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, where he is Head of the GPM-Lab (Group Processes and Morality Lab). His main research interests relate to social perception and group dynamics. In particular, he is interested in understanding the way in which moral concerns regulate interpersonal, intragroup and intergroup dynamics.

Félice van Nunspeet is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, Netherlands. She is research leader of the program on Integrity & Ethics in the Organizational Behaviour Research Group, at the department of Psychology. Her research is focused on how social contexts affect people’s moral perceptions and motivations. She takes a psychophysiological and neuroscientific research approach to examine people’s implicit behavior and the underlying cognitive and affective processes.