Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …

We introduce a theory of blame in five parts. Part 1 addresses what blame is: a unique moral
judgment that is both cognitive and social, regulates social behavior, fundamentally relies on …

What makes humans moral beings? This question can be understood either as a proximate
“how” question or as an ultimate “why” question. The “how” question is about the mental and …

Morally judicious behavior forms the fabric of human sociality. Here, we sought to investigate
neural activity associated with different facets of moral thought. Previous research suggests …

Researchers have recently argued that utilitarianism is the appropriate framework by which
to evaluate moral judgment, and that individuals who endorse non-utilitarian solutions to …

Psychopathic behavior is characteristically amoral, but to date research studies have largely
failed to identify any systematic differences in moral judgment capability between …

Background Impaired empathic abilities lead to severe negative social consequences and
influence the development and treatment of several psychiatric disorders. Furthermore …

Felix Mendelssohn, the famous Romantic composer, sought to take the unique experiences
of each human life—distinctive sorrows and personal pleasures—and give them universal …

Bullying behavior is an immoral action because it humiliates and oppresses innocent
victims. Presently unclear is whether bullies bully because of deficiencies in moral …