The purpose of this paper is to review recent research about the possibility that some people
are more honest than others and about the causes of them being so. We tackle four big …

The terms pampering and spoiling have roots within early psychoanalytic literature, and over
time they have become a part of the vernacular. This entry will focus on pampering/spoiling …

The last thirty years have seen a resurgence of interest in virtue among philosophers,
psychologists, and educators. Over time, this interdisciplinary conversation has included …

The article discusses the importance of quantitative empirical character assessment for
better understanding the formation of character and for promoting virtue and thereby also …

It is important to understand the drivers of green consumption, because of growing concern
for the health of the planet. In this paper, the assumption that a virtue-green product …

This paper describes the process of integrating local cultural values into Early Childhood
Education (ECE), focusing on character development. Employing the systematic literature …

Why do people do what they do? Can psychologists predict how a particular person will
behave in a particular situation? Better yet, can psychologists explain why the person …

We investigate the long-standing yet understudied assumption that feeling moral is a basic
psychological need, perhaps like the needs to feel autonomous, competent, and related …

Objective We introduce the concept of moral beacons—individuals who are higher in moral
character than their peers and prominent within their social environment—and examine the …

We introduce the character lens perspective to account for stable patterns in the way that
individuals make sense of and construct the ethical choices and situations they face. We …