A large body of research has investigated responses to artificial scenarios (eg, trolley
problem) where maximizing beneficial outcomes for the greater good (utilitarianism) conflicts …

Are firms led by liberal versus conservative CEOs more likely to engage in corporate
misconduct? This study unearths the ideological bases of misconduct by distinguishing the …

Despite people's capacity for both good and evil, scant research has jointly examined the
relations of affiliative and aversive traits with moral-dilemma judgments. Using the CNI …

In this paper we argue in favor of the existence of two different guilt feelings: altruistic guilt
(AG) and deontological guilt (DG). AG arises from having harmed, through one's own action …

Previous research suggests that individuals who prefer deontological over utilitarian choices
in moral dilemmas are perceived to have stronger moral character than individuals who …

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, frontline medical professionals at intensive care
units around the world faced gruesome decisions about how to ration life-saving medical …

Past research suggests that uncertainty reduces our preference for utilitarian over
deontological responses in moral dilemmas. The objective of the current research was to …

Drawing on moral philosophy, research in moral psychology has used hypothetical
sacrificial dilemmas to understand how moral judgments are made by laypeople. Although …

Over the decades, numerous researchers have identified psychological predictors of
conservative and liberal political orientation. However, most research teams have focused …

The most complete picture to date of the moral worlds of the political left and right and how
their different views relate to specific political issues The left and right will always have …