Handbook of moral development / edited by Melanie Killen and Judith G. Smetana.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / by Melanie Killen and Judith Smetana -- Concepts of justice, fairness, and rights -- Morality : epistemology, development, and social opposition / by Elliot Turiel -- The social domain approach to children's moral and social judgments / by Judith Smetana, Marc Jambon, Courtney Ball -- Rights, civil liberties, and democracy / by Charles C. Helwig, Martin Ruck, and Michele Pederson-Badali -- Socialization, conscience, and the family -- Conscience development in early childhood / by Ross A. Thompson -- Innovation and continuity in socialization, internalization, and acculturation / by Leon Kuczynski and Ariel Knafo -- The development of moral behavior from a socialization perspective / by Joan Grusec, Maria Paula Chaparro, Megan Johnston, and Amanda Sherman -- Moral development in early childhood, and social interaction in the family / by Judy Dunn -- Emotions, prosocial behavior, and aggression -- The development of moral emotions and moral reasoning / by Tina Malti and Sophia Ongley -- Empathy-related responding in children / by Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy Spinard, and Amanda Morris -- The development and correlates of prosocial moral behaviors / by Gustavo Carlo -- Moral emotion attributions and aggression / by William Arsenio -- Culture, cooperation, and development -- Moral lives across cultures : heterogeneity and conflict / by Cecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia -- The early ontogeny of human cooperation and morality / by Amrisha Vaish and Michael Tomasello -- A cultural psychology perspective on moral development / by Joan Miller and Chloe Bland -- Prejudice, social-cognition, and intergroup attitudes -- Gender, sexual orientation and discrimination / by Stacey Horn and Stefanie Sinno -- Morality, exclusion, and prejudice / by Melanie Killen and Shelby Cooley -- Lying, morality, and development / by Angela Evans and Kang Lee -- Interrelations between theory of mind and morality : a developmental perspective / by Kristin Lagattuta and Drika Weller -- Precursors to morality: cognitive, neurobiological, and comparative approaches -- The neurobiological bases of empathic concern for others / by Paul D. Hastings, Jonas Miller, Sara Kahle, and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler -- The moral baby / by Karen Wynn and Paul Bloom -- A neurodevelopmental perspective on morality / by Jean Decety and Lauren Howard -- Searching for the evolutionary roots of human morality / by Keith Jensen and Joan Silk -- Moral identity, community, and the personal domain -- Moral personality, motivation, and identity by lawrence j. walker -- Moral identity development community / by M. Kyle Matsuba, Theresa Murzyn, and Daniel Hart -- The personal and the moral / by Larry Nucci -- Index.

The psychological study of moral development has expanded greatly, both in terms of the diversity of theoretical perspectives that are represented in the field, as well as in the range of topics that have been studied. This work is of interest to scholars, policy makers, educators, and professionals who work with children.