Given the current problems of our society—crumbling family structure, ethnic discrimination, violence on the streets, fraud in academia, harassment in the workplace—what could be more timely than a review and integration of research on psychological aspects of morality? PS presents three complementary assessments of a new Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development and the state of the field it represents.
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