There is a significant link between moral emotions and offending behaviour in young people. Moral emotions are learnt – and more attention needs to be given to the teaching of morals in childhood to ...

"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace." —Oscar Wilde Source: Clipart Library Morality and Moral Emotions: A definition When looking at the Oxford Dictionary, morality is defined as ...

New research published in Journal of Personality & Social Psychology shows that people’s anticipated emotional responses to situations significantly shape their moral praise and character judgments of ...

When people feel physically closer to someone who could be harmed, they are less willing to sacrifice that person for the greater good, according to a new finding reported in Cognition & Emotion.

People often respond to ethically charged issues with strong emotions. Anger, indignation, and disgust are a normal part of the moral life. If we didn’t have these negative emotions, we would not be ...

This study was supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant (Reference no.: SRG23\231049). The author declares no other relevant affiliations or financial interests. Andrea Révész and Andreas ...