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 …

Mental state reasoning has been theorized as a core feature of how we navigate our social
worlds, and as especially vital to moral reasoning. Judgments of moral wrong-doing and …

Moral philosophers and psychologists often assume that people judge morally lucky and
morally unlucky agents differently, an assumption that stands at the heart of the Puzzle of …

The problem of moral luck is that there is a contradiction in our common sense ideas about
moral responsibility. In one strand of our thinking, we believe that a person can become …

Artificial intelligences (AIs) are widely used in tasks ranging from transportation to healthcare
and military, but it is not yet known how people prefer them to act in ethically difficult …

Moral psychology research has highlighted several factors critical for evaluating the morality
of another's choice, including the detection of norm-violating outcomes, the extent to which …

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the relative influence of agents' negligence
and their actions' unintended outcomes on moral judgements. In Study 1, 343 participants …

Why do we punish negligence? Some current accounts raise the possibility that it can be
explained by the kinds of processes that lead us to punish ordinary harmful acts, such as …

The experimental philosophy of law is a recent movement that aims to inform traditional
debates in jurisprudence by conducting empirical research. This paper introduces and …

Heroes are often admired for their ability to act without having" one thought too many," as
Bernard Williams put it. Likewise, the unhesitating decisions of masterful athletes and artists …