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Introduction; Models of Moral Motivation; PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL MOTIVATION; I. “Why Be Moral?” A Philosophical Taxonomy of Moral Motivation; II. Moral Motivation and the Four Component Model; III. Deontic and Responsibility Judgments: An Inferential Analysis; IV. Motivation as the Readiness to Act on Moral Commitments; PART 2: MOTIVATIONAL THEORY AND MORAL MOTIVATION; I. Ultimate and Proximal (Attribution-Related) Motivational Determinants of Moral Behaviour; II. Moral Motivation from the Perspective of the Self-Determination Theory and the Person-Object Theory of Interest; III. How Different Motivational Aspects Can Affect Moral Behaviour; IV. Justice as a Moral Motive: Belief in a Just World and Justice Sensitivity as Potential Indicators of the Justice Motive; V. Temporal Construal and Moral Motivation; PART 3: MORAL SELF, IDENTITY AND MORAL MOTIVATION; I. Moral Motivation Through the Perspective of Exemplarity; II. Moral Motivation, Responsibility and the Development of the Moral Self; III. The Self and the Management of the Moral life; IV. Practical Mysticism, Self-Knowing and Moral Motivation; Terence Lovat PART 4: DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS, EMOTIONS AND MORAL MOTIVATION; I. Moral Motivation and the Happy Victimizer Phenomenon; II. The Development of Moral Identity and Moral Motivation in Childhood and Adolescence; III. Moral Emotion Attributions and Moral Motivation; IV. Neurobiology and Moral Mindset; V. A Simile of Moral Motivation; PART 5: GOOD AND BAD MORAL MOTIVATION; I. Moral Value Evaluation: A Neglected Motivational Concept in Externalizing Behaviour Research; II. Juvenile Delinquency: Lack of Moral Motivation or Moral Ambivalence?; III. Moral Motivation and Sports; IV. From Ethical Hostility Toward Cooperative Ethics; V. How Powerful are Moral Motivations in Environmental Protection?: An Integrated Model Framework; PART 6: MORAL MOTIVATION IN PROFESSIONS; I. Moral Motivation in Different Professions; II. Moral Motivation of MilitaryProfessionals: A Military-Philosophical Approach; III. Ethical Intentions and the Moral Motivation of Teachers; IV. Female Principals’ Moral Motivation and the Moral Atmosphere of Schools; PART 7: MORAL MOTIVATION AND MORAL EDUCATION; I. Moral Reasoning, Moral Motivation and Informed Social Reflection; II. Character and Civic Education as a Source of Moral Motivation; III. Moral Motivation and the Role of the Internship in Professional Preparation; IV. Why Moral Education is Motivating by Nature; Moral Motivation in the Light of Action Theory: Perspectives on Theoretical and Empirical Progress; Index.

The volume offers a unique updated, cross-disciplinary appraisal of the age old question 'what motivates people to do good and to prevent the bad?', a question with burning relevance to a world which is often accused of having lost its sense of truth and goodness, and hence being on a path of self-destruction."