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 ...

Many scientists are cynical about moral reasoning. They claim that humans do not reason about right and wrong to improve their moral perspectives, they do so to justify themselves to others. Reasoning ...

A new in-depth study of moral reasoning challenges the popular notion that people are unable to think through difficult moral problems and rely primarily on automatic "gut" reactions to make tough ...

This summer, CEOs, strategists and creative teams have been sweating over more than the heat. After shifting their messaging last spring to address the global coronavirus outbreak, companies are now ...

Individuals with a higher level of moral reasoning skills showed increased gray matter in the areas of the brain implicated in complex social behavior, decision making, and conflict processing as ...

Individuals who have a high level of moral reasoning show increased activity in the brain's frontostriatal reward system, both during periods of rest and while performing a sequential risk taking and ...

When it comes to judging which large language models are the “best,” most evaluations tend to look at whether or not a machine can retrieve accurate information, perform logical reasoning, or show ...

Understanding how people make decisions in extreme hypothetical situations illuminates how people make decisions and act in everyday life, says developmental psychologist Audun Dahl. “Almost every ...