Research on morality has increased rapidly over the past 10 years. At the center of this
research are moral judgments—evaluative judgments that a perceiver makes in response to …

Whether typical aging is associated with impairments in social understanding is a topic of
critical importance in characterizing the changes that occur in older adulthood. Theory of …

We introduce a theory of blame in five parts. Part 1 addresses what blame is: a unique moral
judgment that is both cognitive and social, regulates social behavior, fundamentally relies on …

David Shoemaker presents an original, pluralistic theory of the nature of responsibility, built
out of the different kinds of emotional responses people tend to have to the expressions of …

The concept of empathy is used to refer to a wide range of psychological capacities that are
thought of as being central for constituting humans as social creatures allowing us to know …

Background: Although empathy has always been considered to be impaired in individuals
with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs), the relevant findings have been inconsistent. The …

Empathy plays a central role in the history and contemporary study of ethics, interpersonal
understanding, and the emotions, yet until now has been relatively underexplored. The …

Social emotions are affective states elicited during social interactions and integral for
promoting socially appropriate behaviors and discouraging socially inappropriate ones …

Deficits in social cognition are an evident clinical feature of the Asperger syndrome (AS).
Although many daily life problems of adults with AS are related to social cognition …

Faced with a moral dilemma, conflict arises between a cognitive controlled response aimed
at maximizing welfare, ie the utilitarian judgment, and an emotional aversion to harm, ie the …