The nature of harm—and therefore moral judgment—may be misunderstood. Rather than an
objective matter of reason, we argue that harm should be redefined as an intuitively …

We investigate the relationship of morality and political orientation by focusing on the
influential results showing that liberals and conservatives rely on different moral foundations …

Humans have the capacity, but perhaps not always the willingness, for great intelligence.
From global warming to the spread of misinformation and beyond, our species is facing …

The rigidity-of-the-right hypothesis (RRH), which posits that cognitive, motivational, and
ideological rigidity resonate with political conservatism, is an influential but controversial …

A major obstacle for the design of rigorous, reproducible studies in moral psychology is the
lack of suitable stimulus sets. Here, we present the Socio-Moral Image Database (SMID), the …

Two central debates within Moral Foundations Theory concern (1) which moral foundations
are core and (2) how conflict between ideological camps stemming from valuing different …

The present research investigated the reason for mixed evidence concerning the
relationship between analytic cognitive style (ACS) and political orientation in previous …

Motivated by the dual-process model of the mind, recent research has tested the relationship
between cognitive variables and sociopolitical attitudes. There are reasons to believe that …

Disgust is typically characterized as a negative emotion associated with the rejection of
distasteful or contaminating objects (Rozin and Fallon 1987). The physiological aspects of …

A series of studies explored people's metacognition about moral judgments. These studies
begin by demonstrating a metacognitive asymmetry: When faced with a dilemma …