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

Thomas Nacelhoffer is Assistant Professor of philosophy and law and policy studies at Dickinson College. He has written articles for juournals such as Aualysis, Midwest studies in Philosophy. Mind & Language, Neuroethics, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Eddy Nahmias is Associate Professor of Philosophy and neuroscience at Georgia State university He has published articles in journals such as philosophical studies, Philosophy and phehnomenological Research, Mund & Language, and Consciousness and Cognition. He is the author of Rediscovering Free Will (forthcoming).
Shaun Nichols is Professor of philosophy and cognitive science at the University of Arizona. His publications include Mindreading: Au Integrated Account of Pretense, Self-awareness and Understanding Other Minds (with Stephen Stich, 2003), Sentimental Rules: On the Natural Foundations of Moral Judgment (2004), and Experimental Philosophy (ed. with Joshua Knobe, 2008).