6 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American evolutionary psychologist and researcher whose work on political psychology, moral signaling, and the evolutionary functions of ideology has contributed to the understanding of why people hold political beliefs.
American evolutionary psychologist at the University of Miami whose research on disgust psychology and kinship detection — and her co-authored Objection (with Carlton Patrick) — addresses how disgust shapes moral judgment and the evolutionary origins of ethical intuitions.
American social psychologist — NYU Stern School of Business — author of The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind, and The Anxious Generation — founder of Heterodox Academy — the most publicly prominent moral psychologist.
American developmental psychologist who extended Piaget's work into a six-stage theory of moral development — from pre-conventional to post-conventional moral reasoning.
American philosopher who identified the problem of moral schizophrenia in modern ethics and developed an account of plural and conflicting values in moral life.
American philosopher who has developed sophisticated consequentialism and a naturalistic moral realism — contributing centrally to debates about the relationship between facts and values.