Moral Behavior

In the field of economics, the motivation behind decisions has also traditionally played an important role, with the analysis of this motivation allowing for a better understanding of the human image behind economic models. For the field of law, questions of moral philosophy are significant as the basis for the binding force and validity of legislation. In this research focus, scholars from the field of philosophy will be joined by those from such varying disciplines as psychology, economics, political science and law to address questions of moral philosophy.

Spokespersons

• Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler
  (Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft, LMU)
• Prof. Dr. Markus Paulus
  (Fakultät für Psychologie und Pädagogik, LMU)

Research Focus Group

• Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler
  (Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft, LMU)
• Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill
  (Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (GSI), LMU)
• Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher
  (Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, LMU)
• Prof. Dr. Markus Paulus
  (Fakultät für Psychologie und Pädagogik, LMU)
• Prof. Dr. Christof Rapp
  (Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft, LMU)

Events

• Lecture Series in Winter Semester 2014/15 – "How to Be Good"
• International Workshop – "Moral Behavior: Children and Adults"
  (Summer Semester 2015)
• International Conference – "Attachment, Virtue and the Regulation of Emotion"
  (Winter Semester 2015/16)
• Prof. Jeremy Carpendale, Ph.D. – "Origins of Moral Norms"
  (Summer Semester 2016)
• Lecture by Prof. Paula S. Fass, Ph.D. – "What Mother Needs to Know: Child-Rearing Advice in America, 1900−1950"
  (Summer Semester 2016)
• Four Lectures in the Winter Semester 2016/17 – "The Powerful Will"
  • Prof. Richard Holton, Ph.D. (University of Cambridge) – "Moral Resolutions and Moral Rules"
  • Prof. Walter Mischel, Ph.D. (Columbia University)– "Deconstructing Resistance to Temptation"
  • Prof. David Laibson, Ph.D. (Harvard University) – "Hyperbolic Discounting: Theory and Evidence of Imperfect Willpower"
  • Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler (LMU Munich) – "Einmal ist Keinmal. Willensschwäche und Schleichende Irrationalität"
• International Conference – "The Moral Demands of Relationships. From a Philosophical and Psychological Perspective"(Winter Semester 2016/17)

• "Eltern, Kollegen, Partner, Freunde" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler, Spokesperson of CAS Research Focus "Moral Behavior", relating to the CAS-Conference "The Moral Demands of Relationships" in Süddeutsche Zeitung on 21 March 2017
• "Wer sich zügeln kann, ist frei" - Interview with Prof. Walter Mischel, Ph.D., Visiting Referent of CAS Research Focus "Moral Behavior", in Süddeutsche Zeitung on 11 January 2017
• The good life, in: insightLMU 3 (2015), p. 69-73