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·August 25, 2023·6 min read

Mindfulness and Morality: A Study on Injustice Awareness

Researchers studied the relationship between mindfulness and people's reactions to injustice. They aimed to understand whether mindfulness might make people less responsive to perceived unfair treatment of others.

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·August 22, 2023·5 min read

Is Childhood Adversity A Lens for Moral Judgments?

Researchers uncovered how a person's childhood adversity shapes others' judgments of their actions. The study reveals that people perceive negative actions by those with challenging childhoods as less a result of their moral character and more due to their upbringing, thus blaming them less.

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·July 20, 2023·5 min read

Moral Conundrums: The Conflict Underlying Obedience to Authority

Researchers explored the conflict experience of individuals when instructed to act against their beliefs. Using the "bug destruction task," participants were ordered to grind live bugs, causing a moral conflict despite no bugs actually being harmed.

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·June 20, 2023·6 min read

Gaming Our Morality: How Our Moral Compass Shifts When We Play Video Games

Researchers used a narrative video game, The Great Fire, to explore how players navigate ethical dilemmas. The team found that while players mostly ignore the game's morality meter for clear-cut moral decisions, they rely on it when choices are morally ambiguous.

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·March 6, 2023·6 min read

Juggling Morality While We Learn

Study reveals how the brain juggles morally conflicting outcomes while learning, finding people who opt to make decisions for personal gain at the expense of others can comprehend and empathize with potential negative outcomes, but still ultimately choose to pursue options that benefit them.

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·November 18, 2022·7 min read

Moral Behavior Pays Off

Coupling two approaches of game theory sheds light on how moral norms and selfless behaviors evolved.

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·September 29, 2022·6 min read

What Is the Effect of Hierarchy on Moral Behavior?

Powerful hierarchical situations make it easier for individuals to commit harmful actions. The reason for this, researchers say, is because empathy and agency become split across multiple individuals.

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·September 14, 2022·3 min read

Moral Illusions May Alter Our Behavior

Moral illusions can fool our decision-making, making us more selfish, a new study reveals.

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·September 6, 2022·5 min read

Fervent Fans Keep Faith With Heroes Even After ‘Immoral Acts’

People who are admirers or ardent fans of public figures are more likely to forgive and defend the public figure when they act in a way that is considered immoral.

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·June 21, 2022·4 min read

People Hurt Other People to Signal Their Own Goodness

People who intentionally hurt others because they believe they are morally right or justified, do not respond rationally to material benefits, a new study reports. Researchers say those who punish others to signal their own "moral goodness" may be more likely to question their claims of moral righteousness when judged negatively by their peers.