Personality, Identity, and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology

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.

Table of Contents:
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.