Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings is the first book to bring together the most significant contemporary and historical works on the topic from both philosophy and psychology.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to moral psychology, which is the study of psychological mechanisms and processes underlying ethics and morality
Unique in bringing together contemporary texts by philosophers, psychologists and other cognitive scientists with foundational works from both philosophy and psychology
Approaches moral psychology from an empirically informed perspective
Explores a wide range of topics from passion and altruism to virtue and responsibility
Editorial introductions to each section explain the background of and connections between the selections