- Does “Science” Make You Moral? The Effects of Priming Science on Moral Judgments and Behavior http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057989 9 comments science
- Creationism vs. evolution: Whose God is making America richer? | "...soon that science denialism will backfire, slowing our GDP growth dramatically, contributing to the end of our so-called democracy, our capitalist market economy and civilization as we knew it. Why? ... we lost our moral compass." http://www.marketwatch.com/story/creationism-vs-evolution-whose-god-is-making-america-richer-2015-01-09?page=2 11 comments economy
- Does “Science” Make You Moral? The Effects of Priming Science on Moral Judgments and Behavior [full paper] http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0057989 120 comments science
- Plea in SC to make moral science compulsory in schools http://www.deccanherald.com/content/457394/plea-sc-make-moral-science.html 3 comments india
- People who believe most strongly in God tend to make an especially strong psychological connection between feeling clean and seeing their own behavior as good and moral, according to a study to be published in Social Psychology and Personality Science. http://www.psypost.org/2016/04/psychologist-examines-strange-link-cleanliness-neuroticism-belief-god-42463#prettyphoto 220 comments science
- Our social judgments reveal a tension between morals and statistics. People make statistically-informed judgments about who is more likely to hold particular professions even though they criticize others for the same behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/afps-osj010219.php 3 comments science
- Money May Corrupt, but Thinking About Time Can Strengthen Morality: Priming people to think about money makes them more likely to cheat, but priming them to think about time seems to strengthen their moral compass, according to new research published in Psychological Science http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/money-may-corrupt-but-thinking-about-time-can-strengthen-morality.html 18 comments science