How Morally Egalitarian Are We?
Researchers explore the ethics of who we think should be saved by an automated vehicle in an accident.
Cosmos
Topics: Azim Shariff Ethics Kurt Gray Morality Robots Technology Values
Can Artificial Intelligence Increase Our Morality?
Just as we define our technologies, they define us.
Psyched!, Psychology Today
Topics: Ethics Morality Technology
Is It Okay to Sacrifice One Person to Save Many? How You Answer Depends On Where You’re From
A new study uses the famous trolley problem to show how our culture shapes our moral beliefs.
Future Perfect, Vox
Topics: Ethics Morality
Why Do Groups Protect Immoral Group Members?
When responding to moral violations within their group, people may experience a tension between their motivation to protect the group and their ethical beliefs.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Ethics Group Identity Morality Reputation
Beyond Oneself: The Ethics and Psychology of Awe
Professor of religious studies and ethicist Lisa Sideris joins psychologists Jennifer Stellar and Piercarlo Valdesolo to explore our understanding of how awe shapes our perspectives and views on everything from science to morality.
The New York Academy of Sciences
Topics: Awe Ethics Morality Wonder
The Fast Track to a Life Well Lived Is Feeling Grateful
The more gratitude people feel toward those who have helped them, the more diligently they will work to pay them back.
Aeon
Topics: Emotion Ethics Gratitude Morality Self-Control
What Science Tells Us About the Psychology of Whistleblowers
What does the research show? Key findings from decades of scientific inquiry examining the psychology of whistleblowing are summarized.
Forbes
Topics: Ethics Fairness Morality
Whistle-Blowers Act Out of a Sense of Morality
Moral concerns outweigh organizational factors when people consider exposing bad behavior.
Chicago Booth Review
When It Comes to Moral Decisions, Testosterone Doesn’t Seem to Do Much
The researchers admit that every one of their hypotheses was wrong.
Ars Technica
Topics: Decision-Making Empathy Ethics Morality
Tainted by Association
Would you carve a roast with a knife that had been used in a murder? Why not? And what does this tell us about ethics?
Topics: Ethics Luck Morality
Are We Intuitively Honest or Dishonest?
People may be intuitively dishonest, but only if it does not harm others.
Decisions in Context, Psychology Today
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Honesty
How Your Brain Invents Morality
Neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland explains her theory of how we evolved a conscience.
Vox
Topics: Animal Studies Empathy Ethics Genes Morality Neurons Reductionism
Moral Science Confirms People Behave Better When They Think They’re Being Watched
Most people follow some form of moral code, but to what extent they abide by these rules does differ in various situations.
The Conversation
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Morality
AI and the Social Sciences Used to Talk More. Now They’ve Drifted Apart
Research shows that the gap between these disciplines is growing, which could make it harder to address social and ethical problems.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Ethics Metascience Technology
What “Game of Thrones” Reveals About Moral Decision-Making
The fantasy series highlights profound questions of philosophy and psychology.
Scientific American
The Case Against A.I. Controlling Our Moral Compass
People seem to be already averse to machines making moral decisions.
Ethical Systems
Topics: Ethics Kurt Gray Mind Perception Morality Robots Technology
Why Do Whistleblowers Risk Speaking Out?
Adam Waytz is digging deeper into the act of whistleblowing to understand why some people risk everything to speak out against wrongdoings.
TEDMED
Topics: Adam Waytz Ethics Fairness Morality Robots Values
How Humans and Machines Can Live and Work Together
We must optimize the division of labor between humans and machines to ensure that human + machine is superior to either working in isolation.
CNN Business
Topics: Adam Waytz Ethics Robots Technology
When Good Science Goes Bad
How much of science is a pursuit of truth for its own sake? And what happens when it leads to unanticipated consequences?
Sinai and Synapses
Topics: Ethics Flourishing Knowledge Reality
AIs Should Have the Same Ethical Protections as Animals
Insofar as researchers in the AI community aim to develop conscious AI or robust AI systems that might very well end up being conscious, we ought to take the matter seriously.
Topics: Consciousness Ethics Morality Robots Technology
Does Power Corrupt? How Powerful People React in Moral Dilemmas
Do people with power respond to moral dilemmas, such as the trolley problem, differently?
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Morality Power
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