Sometimes people whom we like behave unethically. For example, in 2004, Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months for obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators 1. As research on the ...

“I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” Depressive level. The Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) measures ...

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 ...

Moral dilemmas—balancing one right action against another—are a ubiquitous feature of 21st-century life. However unavoidable, though, they are not unique to our modern age. The challenge of ...

Moral rules are rigid. The 10 Commandments of the Bible’s Old Testament, for example, include unambiguous prohibitions, such as, “Thou shalt not kill.” Similarly, Kant’s categorical imperative is ...

A research team explored the conditions under which people would accept the moral judgments of AI. They focused on the behavior of "not helping people with bad reputations (justified non-cooperation), ...

Every day we encounter circumstances we consider wrong: a starving child, a corrupt politician, an unfaithful partner, a fraudulent scientist. These examples highlight several moral issues, including ...

Why are Israeli actions so readily framed as moral failures, even when taken under conditions of ongoing threat, while the context that shapes those actions recedes so quickly? On Palm Sunday, in ...

WESTCHESTER, Ill. – Research has shown that bad sleep can adversely affect a person's physical health and emotional well-being. However, the amount of sleep one gets can also influence his or her ...

Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results suggest that these scenarios may not always reflect real-life behavior.