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Morality Bites

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (27)

We’ve watched all things personal undergo very public makeovers on reality TV—our noses, our houses, our cars and jobs and spouses. But something more fundamental may have quietly fallen victim to a makeover as well: our moral identities. Read full article »
Test Your (Moral) Mettle

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (7)

Is morality hard-wired into the human brain? Is there such a thing as “moral intuition”? Are emotions linked to moral judgments? Harvard psychology professor Marc Hauser asks those and other probing questions in his job of studying the science of moral decisions. Read full article »
Transit

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (9)

We think we know ourselves. Know exactly how we’d act in certain situations where we’re called upon to do the right thing.

Transit upends our convictions and tosses some emotional chaos into a bumpy ride. Read full article »

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