Moral boundaries

B Enke - Annual Review of Economics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the growing economics literature that studies the politico-economic
impacts of heterogeneity in moral boundaries across individuals and cultures. The so-called …

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

JJ Van Bavel, A Cichocka, V Capraro, H Sjåstad… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an
important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large …

Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined

NS Kteily, MJ Brandt - Annual review of psychology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are
psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing …

The experience of empathy in everyday life

GJ Depow, Z Francis, M Inzlicht - Psychological Science, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We used experience sampling to examine perceptions of empathy in the everyday lives of a
group of 246 US adults who were quota sampled to represent the population on key …

Subjective socioeconomic status and income inequality are associated with self-reported morality across 67 countries

CT Elbæk, P Mitkidis, L Aarøe, T Otterbring - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Individuals can experience a lack of economic resources compared to others, which we refer
to as subjective experiences of economic scarcity. While such experiences have been …

The importance of context in moral judgments

C Schein - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a gap between morality as experienced and morality as studied. In our personal
and professional lives, moral judgments are embedded within a specific context. We know …

[HTML][HTML] Mask wearing as cultural behavior: An investigation across 45 US states during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Kemmelmeier, WA Jami - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although masks (face coverings) are a prime tool in fighting airborne pathogens, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States the use of masks encountered resistance based …

Moral foundations underlying behavioral compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic

EY Chan - Personality and individual differences, 2021 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, government and public health officials have advocated
three behaviors to help “flatten the curve” of the disease—staying-at-home, wearing face …

Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries

F Azevedo, T Pavlović, GG Rêgo, FC Ay, B Gjoneska… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic
and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health …

Older adults across the globe exhibit increased prosocial behavior but also greater in-group preferences

J Cutler, JP Nitschke, C Lamm, PL Lockwood - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Population aging is a global phenomenon with substantial implications across society,.
Prosocial behaviors—actions that benefit others—promote mental and physical health …