Abstract
Immoral behaviour is omnipresent: In the daily news, we read about aggressive behaviour, delinquency, sexual abuse, assassinations and racism, sexism and all forms of persistent violence. We hear about banking bonuses, about structural injustice towards immigrants and substantial egocentrism with respect to animals and plants.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Arendt, H. (2003). Some questions of moral philosophy. In: J. Kohn (ed. of the writings of Arendt), Responsibility and judgment (pp. 52–55). New York: Schocken.
Blasi, A. (1980). Bridging moral cognition and moral action: A critical review of the literature. Psychological Bulletin, 88, 1–45.
Bebeau, M.J. (2002). The defining issues test and the four component model: Contributions to professional education. Journal of Moral Education, 31(3), 271–295.
Bebeau, M.J., & Monson, V.E. (2011). Professional Identity Formation and Transformation Across the Life Span. In A. McKee & M. Eraut (Eds.), Learning Trajectories, Innovation and Identity for Professional Development: Innovation and Change in Professional Education (pp. 135–163). Dordrecht et al.: Springer.
Colby, A., & Damon, W. (1992). Some do care: Contemporary lives of moral commitment. New York: Free Press.
Damon, W. (2008). The path to purpose. New York: Free Press.
Garz D., Oser, F. & Althof, W. (1999). Moralisches Urteil und Handeln. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.
Gibbs, J.C. (2010). Moral development & reality. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Haidt, J. (2001). The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment. Psychological Review, 108, 814–834.
Heinrichs, K. (2005). Urteilen und Handeln in moralrelevanten Situationen. Ein Prozessmodell und seine moralpsychologische Spezifizierung. Frankfurt/Main u.a.: Peter-Lang-Verlag.
Kohlberg, L., & Candee, D. (1984). Relations of moral judgment to moral action. In Kohlberg, L. 1984. Essays on Moral Development. Vol. 2: The Psychology of Moral Development. The Nature and Validity of Moral Stages (pp. 373–493). Harper and Row, San Francisco.
Krebs, D.L. & Denton, K. (2005): Toward a more pragmatic approach to morality: A critical evaluation of Kohlberg’s model. Psychological Review, 112 (3), 629–649.
Krettenauer, T. (2011). The dual moral self: Moral centrality and intrinsic moral motivation. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 172, 309–328. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2010.538451
Krettenauer, T. & Eichler, D. (2006). Adolescents’ self-attributed emotions following a moral transgression: relations with delinquency, confidence in moral judgment, and age. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24, 489–506.
Lapsley, D. & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (2009). Personality, Identity, and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Lapsley, D.K. & Narvaez, D. (2005). Moral psychology at the crossroads. In D.K. Lapsley & F.C. Power (Eds.), Character psychology and character education (pp. 18–35). Notre Dame, Louisiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
Malti, T., Gummerum, M., Keller, M., & Buchmann, M. (in press). Children’s sympathy and prosocial behavior: The role of moral motivation. Child Development.
Minnameier, G. (2010). The problem of moral motivation and the Happy Victimizer Phenomenon - Killing two birds with one stone. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 129, 55–75
Narvaez, D. & Lapsley, D. (2005). Psychological foundations of everyday morality and moral expertise. In D.K. Lapsley & Power F. Clark (Eds.), Character Psychology and Character Education (pp. 140–165). Notre Dame: Notre Dame University.
Nunner-Winkler, G. (2009). Moral motivation from childhood to early adulthood. In W. Schneider and M. Bullock (Eds.), Human Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood (pp. 91–118). New York: Psychology Press.
Nunner-Winkler, G. (1999). Moralische Motivation und moralische Itdentitat. Zur Kluft zwischen Urteil und Handeln. In D. Garz, F. Oser & W. Althof (Eds.), Moralisches Urteil und Handeln (pp. 314–339). Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp.
Nunner-Winkler, G. & B. Sodian (1988). Children’s understanding of moral emotions. Child Development, 59, 1323–1338.
Oser, F. (1999). Die missachtete Freiheit moralischer Alternativen: Urteile uber Handeln, Handeln ohne Urteile. In D. Garz, F. Oser & W. Althof (Eds.), Moralisches Urteil und Handeln (pp. 168–219). Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp
Oser, F., Schmid, E. & Hattersley, L. (2006): The ‚unhappy moralist’ effect: Emotional conflicts between being good and being successful. In L. Verschaffel (Ed.), Instructional Psychology: Past, present and future trends (pp. 149–166). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Rest, J.R. (1999). Die Rolle des moralischen Urteilens im moralischen Handeln. In D. Garz, F. Oser & W. Althof (Eds.), Moralisches Urteil und Handeln (pp. 82–116). Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp.
Rest, J.R., Narvaez, D., Thoma, S.J., & Bebeau, M. (2000). A neo-Kohlbergian approach to moral judgment: Overview of the Defining Issues Test Research. Journal of Moral Education, 29, 381–397.
Walker, L.J. (2002). Moral exemplarity. In W. Damon (Ed.), Bringing in a new era in character education (pp. 65–83). Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Sense Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Heinrichs, K., Oser, F., Lovat, T. (2013). Introduction. In: Handbook of Moral Motivation. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_1
Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam
Online ISBN: 978-94-6209-275-4
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)
