We review empirical research on (social) psychology of morality to identify which issues and
relations are well documented by existing data and which areas of inquiry are in need of …

Moral dilemma tasks have been a much appreciated experimental paradigm in empirical
studies on moral cognition for decades and have, more recently, also become a preferred …

We introduce a theory of blame in five parts. Part 1 addresses what blame is: a unique moral
judgment that is both cognitive and social, regulates social behavior, fundamentally relies on …

Vignette studies use short descriptions of situations or persons (vignettes) that are usually
shown to respondents within surveys in order to elicit their judgments about these scenarios …

While there is much evidence for the influence of automatic emotional responses on moral
judgment, the roles of reflection and reasoning remain uncertain. In Experiment 1, we …

Theories that reject the existence of altruism presume that emotional benefits serve as
ulterior motives for doing good deeds. These theories argue that even in the absence of …

Traditional theories of moral development emphasize the role of controlled cognition in
mature moral judgment, while a more recent trend emphasizes intuitive and emotional …

Recent research in moral psychology has attempted to characterize patterns of moral
judgments of actions in terms of the causal and intentional properties of those actions. The …

Is moral judgment accomplished by intuition or conscious reasoning? An answer demands a
detailed account of the moral principles in question. We investigated three principles that …

We demonstrate that some lies are perceived to be more ethical than honest statements.
Across three studies, we find that individuals who tell prosocial lies, lies told with the …