Research on morality has increased rapidly over the past 10 years. At the center of this
research are moral judgments—evaluative judgments that a perceiver makes in response to …

Norms are a foundational concept in sociology. Following a period of skepticism about
norms as overly deterministic and as paying too little attention to social conflict, inequalities …

Six experiments examine people's updating of blame judgments and test predictions
developed from a socially regulated blame perspective. According to this perspective, blame …

Global challenges like the climate crisis and pandemic outbreaks require collective
responses where people quickly adapt to changing circumstances. Social norms are …

How people cooperate to provide public goods is an important scientific question and
relates to many societal problems. Previous research studied how people cooperate in …

Policy makers often implement laws or mandates to attempt to change people's behavior.
Such policies act not only as deterrents, but also as societal signposts for what is considered …

Injunctive social norms are societal standards for how people are expected to behave. When
individuals transgress these norms, they face social sanctions for their behavior. These …

The diffusion of environmentally sustainable consumption patterns is crucial for reaching net
carbon neutrality. As a promising policy tool for reaching this goal, scholars have put forward …

Social capital, comprising networks, generalized trust, and cooperation norms, is often
considered a key factor in promoting prosperity and cooperation. Informal norm enforcement …

In recent years—particularly since the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015—the political
debate about issues of Islamophobia and resentment of Muslims has gained new …