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Minding Morality

 Exploring the Causes and Consequences of our (Im)Moral Decisions
by Kurt Gray
Kurt Gray is a social psychologist completing his PhD at Harvard University See full bio
October 28, 2009

Shrieking or Stoic?: What You Should Do if Tortured

A new study from Harvard University suggests that torture may not uncover guilt so much as lead to its perception. The key is how much pain the torture victim appears to feel. Read More

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Morality Basics

For a topic as subjective a morality, people sure have strong beliefs about what's right and wrong. Yet even though they can vary from person to person and culture to culture, many are practically universal, as they result from basic human emotions. We may think of moralizing as an intellectual exercise, but more frequently it's an attempt to make sense of our gut instincts.

Go to the Morality Basics page for more on Morality including:
  • Vice and Virtue
  • The Neuroscience of Morality
  • Teaching and Enforcing Morality
  • Evil
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