Empathy reflects the ability to perceive and be sensitive to the emotional states of others,
often eliciting a motivation to care for their well-being. It plays a central role in prosocial …

Scholars from across the social sciences, biological sciences, and humanities have long
emphasized the role of human morality in supporting cooperation. How does morality arise …

To successfully navigate their social world, humans need to understand and map enduring
relationships between people: Humans need a concept of social affiliation. Here I propose …

Observed variability and complexity of judgments of “right” and “wrong” cannot be readily
accounted for within extant approaches to understanding moral judgment. In response to …

Cooperation is widespread in nature, occurring in every taxa on Earth. Nevertheless, the
contexts in which cooperation occurs—and the forms it takes—vary widely. In this Review …

Released in 2014, this was the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing
students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: what is moral motivation …

All human societies are permeated by collectively shared entities that govern daily social
interactions and promote coordination and cooperation: norms. While the study of norm …

Meta-analytic evidence indicates that the quality of the attachment relationship that infants
establish with their primary caregiver has enduring significance for socioemotional and …

Infancy researchers often use highly simplified, animated, or otherwise artificial stimuli to
study infant's understanding of abstract concepts including “causality” or even “prosociality” …

Performing costly helpful behaviours can allow individuals to improve their reputation. Those
who gain a good reputation are often preferred as interaction partners and are consequently …