Children's evaluations of moral and epistemic agents crucially depend on their discerning
that an agent's actions were performed intentionally. Here we argue that children's epistemic …

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

From an early age, humans exhibit a tendency to identify, adopt, and enforce the norms of
their local communities. Norms are the social rules that mark out what is appropriate …

There is broad consensus that features such as causality, mental states, and preventability
are key inputs to moral judgments of blame. What is not clear is exactly how people process …

When making moral judgments of past actions, adults often think counterfactually about what
could have been done differently. Considerable evidence suggests that counterfactual …

Adults' judgments regarding punishment can have important social ramifications. However,
the origins of these judgments remain unclear. Using the legal system as an example …

With increasing market competitiveness, companies strive to deliver high-quality services.
Negative reactions from employees to customer mistreatment erodes the quality of the …

To maintain our cooperative relationships, it is critical that we repair these relationships
when they are damaged by transgressions. Key to this repair is forgiveness. Previous …

Many studies suggest that preschoolers initially privilege outcome over intention in their
moral judgments. The present findings reveal that, in contrast, even younger preschoolers …

Research with infants and toddlers suggests that even early in development, humans
evaluate others by considering the outcome of an action in relation to the intention …