Personality, Identity, and Character
Explorations in Moral Psychology

This edited volume features cutting-edge work in moral psychology by pre-eminent scholars in moral self-identity, moral character, and moral personality.

Darcia Narvaez (Edited by), Daniel K. Lapsley (Edited by)

9780521719278, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 June 2009

472 pages, 7 b/w illus. 8 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.62 kg

"....a rich resource on a huge range of topics in moral psychology...."
– Bruce Maxwell, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Journal of Moral Education

Moral notions are foundational questions that have commanded deep reflection since antiquity, reflection that psychological science cannot evade, because the moral formation of children is a central concern of parents, schools, and communities charged with educating the next generation. In this respect there are few domains of study more crucial than moral psychology and few topics of greater importance than the development of moral self-identity, of moral character, and of the moral personality. This edited volume features the expertise of pre-eminent scholars in moral personality, self, and identity, such as moral philosophers, personality theorists, developmental psychologists, moral personality researchers, social psychologists, and neuroscientists. It brings together cutting-edge work in moral psychology that illustrates an impressive diversity of theoretical perspectives and methodologies and simultaneously points the way toward promising integrative possibilities.

Introduction Darcia Narvaez and Daniel K. Lapsley
1. The moral personality Dan P. McAdams
2. The moral functioning of the person as a whole: on moral psychology and personality science Daniel Cervone and Ritu Tripathi
3. Moral science? still metaphysical after all these years Owen Flanagan
4. Pluralism and moral identity David B. Wong
5. Neuroscience and morality: moral judgments, sentiments and values Jorge Moll, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza and Roland Zahn
6. Triune ethics: the neurobiological roots of our multiple moralities Darcia Narvaez
7. Early foundations: conscience and the development of moral character Ross A. Thompson
8. The development of the moral personality Daniel K. Lapsley and Patrick L. Hill
9. Urban neighborhoods as contexts for moral identity development Daniel Hart and M. Kyle Matsuba
10. Moral personality exemplified Lawrence J. Walker and Jeremy A. Frimer
11. Greatest of the virtues? Gratitude and the grateful personality Robert A. Emmons
12. The elusive altruist: the psychological study of the altruistic personality Gustavo Carlo, Lisa M. PytlikZillig, Scott C. Roesch and Richard A. Dienstbier
13. Growing towards care: a narrative approach to prosocial moral identity and generativity of personality in emerging adulthood Michael Pratt, Mary Louise Arnold and Heather Lawford
14. Moral identity, integrity, and personal responsibility Barry R. Schlenker, Marisa L. Miller and Ryan M. Johnson
15. The dynamic moral self: a social psychological perspective Benoit Monin and Alex H. Jordan
16. The double-edged sword of a moral state of mind Linda J. Skitka and G. Scott Morgan
17. Moral identity in business situations: a social-cognitive framework for understanding moral functioning Karl Aquino and Dan Freeman
18. The moral functioning of mature adults and the possibility of fair moral reasoning Augusto Blasi
19. Moral personality: themes, questions, futures Darcia Narvaez and Daniel K. Lapsley.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]