Learn the key distinctions between moral hazard and morale hazard—a conscious vs. subconscious change in behavior—and their implications in the insurance industry.

As more and more people seek advice from chatbots, these technologies may start to influence human behavior and societal ...

Two of my previous posts on moral development described the origins and consequences of following inner expectations and others' expectations. We form our inner expectations (conscience, or what we ...

In a survey involving a total of 2,472 respondents, researchers asked participants about nonpolitical and political moral behavior and nonpolitical and political moral tolerance. They found people ...

Your answer to that relates to something that might surprise you: your likelihood to behave “virtuously,” whether forgoing that second serving of potato chips or donating to charity. Consider an ...

The punishment for murder is more severe than the punishment for attempted murder. But it’s not completely obvious why. The person who tried to kill but failed is just as bad a person. One explanation ...

When we read the news, it’s hard not to get depressed about the state of the world. Stories of vitriolic politicians, unethical CEOs, and indifference to the suffering of others fill its pages, ...

To the legal system, the answer is clear: children have the requisite moral sense--the ability to tell right from wrong--by age 7 to 15, depending on which state they live in, and so can be held ...