Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives—Third Edition
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2026 | Viewed by 4609
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Interests: behavioral ethics; moral decision-making; behavioral public administration; civic education
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Dear Colleagues,
From 2022 to 2025, we published the first and second editions of the Special Issue entitled “Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives.” For the first edition, we collected twelve papers that provided fascinating insights into various ethical and moral topics, such as civic–moral education, ethical decision-making with AI, cheating behavior, fairness norms, social responsibility ethics, moral dilemma decision-making, moral hypocrisy, moral emotion attributions, and human identity. Due to the significant attention that these papers received, we embarked upon the creation of a second edition. Due to its continued and far-reaching influence, the second edition attracted over 30 submissions. The accepted papers discussed topics such as moral reasoning, character virtues, ethical citizenship, moral judgment, moral foundations, environmentally friendly behavior, moral disengagement, moral justification, moral pragmatism, immoral behavior, and conscientiousness.
We are encouraged to see that so many scholars are exploring the complex, multidimensional nature of human morality and, in an era of spreading AI technology that pushes us to reflect on human morality, we are excited to announce the third edition of our Special Issue on developing a deeper understanding of these themes. This latest installment is open to a diverse array of submissions, including empirical studies, reviews, meta-analyses, and brief reports, and we welcome contributions from all methodologies and disciplines as long as they align with our overarching theme of exploring the role of morality in human life.
Our commitment to fair and rigorous peer review ensures that all submissions receive the attention they deserve. Seize this opportunity to contribute to the field of moral studies and help us deepen our understanding of morality’s far-reaching influence on our world.
Dr. Chuanjun Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- behavioral ethics
- moral dilemma
- moral judgment
- health ethics
- business ethics
- organizational ethics
- moral sociology
- moral psychology
- civic moral education
- justice
- AI ethics
- responsibility
- technological ethics
- virtue ethics
- moral behavior
- unethical behavior
- cheating
- harming
- lying
- prosocial behavior
- corruption
- rule breaking
- extra-role behavior
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