Research on psychological ownership is prevalent in the consumer domain. This article
details the theoretical core of psychological ownership, integrating research in consumer …

From an evolutionary perspective, morality is a form of cooperation. Cooperation requires
individuals either to suppress their own self-interest or to equate it with that of others. We …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral
psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he …

Recent research has produced new insights into the early development of social cognition
and social learning. Even very young children learn and understand social activities as …

Elucidating how inequity aversion (a tendency to dislike and correct unequal outcomes)
functions as one develops is important to understanding more complex fairness …

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 …

A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politics—
offering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a 'good'society can be—in this “dazzling …

From early childhood, humans demonstrate an understanding of ownership and the rights it
confers to owners. This understanding impacts how children reason about people's actions …

Social norms have played a key role in the evolution of human cooperation, serving to
stabilize prosocial and egalitarian behavior despite the self-serving motives of individuals …