Current Perspectives in Moral Psychology

Moral psychology has undergone a renaissance in recent years. Methodological and theoretical advances promise new perspectives on old questions—and as academic disciplines become less siloed, the potential for cross-disciplinary collaboration becomes even greater. In this chapter, we ask leading scholars to offer their views on the future of moral psychology. Biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, philosopher Hanno Sauer, social anthropologist Paolo Heywood, and marketing scholar Verena Wieser share their thoughts on recent developments and their implications. The chapter ends with a conversation between philosophers Edouard Machery and John M. Doris—two founders of modern moral psychology—about how the field has progressed in the academy.