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The study of prosocial behavior—altruism, cooperation, trust, and the related moral emotions—
has matured enough to produce general scholarly consensus that prosociality is …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

Human beings are an incredibly social species and along with eusocial insects engage in
the largest cooperative living groups in the planet's history. Twin and family studies suggest …

Altruistic behavior improves the welfare of another individual while reducing the altruist's
welfare. Humans' tendency to engage in altruistic behaviors is unevenly distributed across …

However, much of the early psychological research on moral development (including
prosocial development) was influenced greatly by the work of rationalists such as Kant. This …

The enhancement of human traits has received academic attention for decades, but only
recently has moral enhancement using biomedical means–moral bioenhancement (MB) …

For the greater part of human history, political behaviors, values, preferences, and
institutions have been viewed as socially determined. Discoveries during the 1970s that …

Empathy is a psychological construct that allows individuals to understand and share the
emotions of others. The ability to share emotional states relies on basic social mechanisms …

Building on gene–environment interaction (G× E) research, this study examines how the
dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene interacts with a situational prime of religion to influence …