Psychologist Michael Valdovinos explains this ‘unique kind of stress’, which is now acknowledged in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...

New research suggests that the human mind is disturbingly flexible about moral judgments. An international team led by UCLA anthropology professor Daniel Fessler studied members of seven disparate ...

Who are you going to blame? That question comes up quite a bit when talking about AI. You see if an AI system goes awry and causes some form of harm or damage, a somewhat vexing or open-ended question ...

Moral injury can occur if someone does or witnesses something that violates their personal moral beliefs. They may feel guilty, ashamed, or angry or feel that they have experienced a betrayal. The ...

On November 28, 1924, Raymond A. Dart, a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, was getting ready to attend a friend’s wedding when a pair of South African Railways workers ...

This post was written by Melanie McGrath and Melissa Wheeler, Ph.D. Around the world, governments and citizens are increasingly attending to the ethical implications of our growing development and use ...

Imagine you are a doctor during a deadly epidemic. As your hospital becomes overwhelmed with infected patients, you receive a vaccine that can prevent healthy people from contracting the virus, but it ...

This mechanism also explains why AI’s advantage disappears in moral decision-making contexts. When AI is asked to make ethical judgments rather than enforce rules, consumers shift their focus to the ...

What would happen if everyone did that? It’s a simple question, but new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that it means so much more. “Why not pick ...

Although some studies have linked high levels of testosterone to immoral behavior, a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour finds testosterone supplements actually made people more sensitive to ...