ORGANIZER:

Ariel Knafo-Noam (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

 

Morality can be defined as the distinction between right and wrong, good and bad. Morally-relevant constructs can be roughly organized into three broad components: cognitive, affective and behavioral. The cognitive component refers to the conceptualization of right and wrong. Developmental research has largely focused on moral reasoning in the context of hypothetical and real-life moral dilemmas and by using narratives of children’s own social experiences. More recently, developmental research has started focusing on what their values, namely important, guiding principles, are. The affective component refers to feelings (such as pride, guilt and shame) related to reaction to social situations and evaluation of chosen actions. Guilt, pride and shame are examples of moral emotions regarded as self-conscious or self-evaluative emotions, which focus on the way one feels regarding oneself, and may arise due to anticipated or actual behavior. Finally, the behavioral component refers to the way individuals choose to behave. Developmental research has mainly focused on prosocial behavior, which is a behavior that is intended to benefit others. Other relevant moral behaviors are those for which there is a general social agreement that they are “wrong” such as lying and bullying, and “right” such as honesty and resisting temptations. The proposed workshop will address all three components of morality, as well as their interface, trying to understand how moral cognition, emotion and behavior develop.

 

Program >

 

SPEAKERS:

Prof. Avi Assor (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
Dr. Shir Atzil (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Prof. Maya Benish-Weisman (Haifa University, Israel)
Dr. Avi Benozio (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Tobias Brosch (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Prof. Gustavo Carlo (University of Missouri, USA)
Dr. Shoham Choshen-Hillel (Hebrew University, Israel)
Dr. Ella Daniel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Dr. Audun Dahl (UC Santa Cruz, USA)
Prof. Maayan Davidov (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Gil Diesendruck (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Dr. Anna Doring (Westminster, UK)
Prof. Eran Halperin (IDC, Israel)
Prof. Jennifer Jenkins (Toronto University, Canada)
Prof. Melanie Killen (Maryland University, USA)
Prof. Ariel Knafo-Noam (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Tehila Kogut (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Dr. Yoni Levi (IDC, Israel)
Prof. Markus Paulus (Munich University, Germany)
Prof. Sonia Roccas (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Lilach Sagiv (Hebrew University, Israel)
Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory (Haifa University, Israel)
Dr. Noga Sverdlik (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
Prof. Ross Thompson (UC Davis, USA)
Dr. Florina Uzefovsky (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
Prof. Marinus Van Ijzendoorn (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Prof. Felix Warneken (Harvard University, USA)
Prof. Yoram Yovell (Haifa University, Israel)