When you think about the behavior of people who consistently cheat, lie, and otherwise swindle, do you ever wonder how they justify their unsavory actions? Although what they do may fall short of ...

Americans’ attitudes about self-expression, morality, individuality, and religious practice continue to vary widely across generations. There also continue to be significant differences between men ...

People typically evaluate the preferences of both themselves and others before making decisions in moral dilemmas. Researchers have theorized how people face moral dilemmas, but experimental data is ...

I spent the summer of 2011 as an undergraduate researcher at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, in Colorado. My job was to collect burying beetles—necrophagous critters with wing cases the ...

A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that the specific moral language used to ...

A couple of Sundays ago, I went with some friends to a popular local eatery for breakfast. Bustling at any time of the week, the place is so busy on weekends that upon arriving, diners find themselves ...

Michael Valdovinos’s book offers coping strategies, which are a start. But what we truly need is forgiveness. What’s wrong with the world? It seems literally impossible to say. Instead, I find myself ...

A new survey experiment reveals Americans largely don't distinguish between the morality of "homosexuality" and "homosexual ...