Cooperators, Crusaders, and the Complicit: The Trinity of Religious Moral Character
Psychologists have long wondered whether religion makes us more or less moral. The answer is more complicated than it might seem.
March 01st, 2021
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November 23rd, 2020
Understanding the Outrage Over Altering Holiday Celebrations Despite COVID-19 Risks
New research identifies a reason people may flout COVID-19 restrictions around the holidays: because altering longstanding rituals is perceived as an affront to sacred values.
September 07th, 2020
Why We Should Crowdsource AI Ethics (and How to Do So Responsibly)
We asked three million people how self-driving cars should resolve moral dilemmas. Was that a good idea?
June 22nd, 2020
Secondhand Smoke, Moral Sanctions, and How We Should Respond to COVID-19
We are reluctant to tell people how to live their lives, except insofar as individual decisions affect the lives of others. We can learn a valuable lesson for the present moment from the examples of smoking and drunk driving.
March 26th, 2019
What’s Wrong with Moral Foundations Theory, and How to get Moral Psychology Right
Moral Foundations Theory has theoretical and empirical weaknesses argues Oliver Scott Curry. He proposes a new theory of morality.
February 11th, 2019
Your (Future) Car’s Moral Compass
As self-driving technology booms, cars are already making choices with moral implications. How do you program for an ethics that we can all agree on?
May 16th, 2018
When We Don’t Find Lying Immoral
The political events of the last few years haven’t exactly put truth and politics on better terms.
March 27th, 2018
Should You Broadcast Your Charitable Side?
Are people viewed as more virtuous when they publicize their good deeds to others?
January 08th, 2018
Ask a Behavioral Scientist: Nir Eyal on how the “Regret Test” Makes for Good Ethics and Good Business
Tech makers should abandon Google’s vague motto, “Don’t be evil”—it’s too vague.
August 18th, 2017
Our Enemies Are Human. That’s Why We Want To Kill Them
To understand why one person would actively desire to inflict suffering upon another, we have to look to a counterintuitive source: human morality.
