Subject of Moral Worth A Subject of Moral Worth is any person or entity that deserves people’s moral consideration. View
Social Contract Theory Social Contract Theory is the idea that society exists because of an implicitly agreed-to set of standards that provide moral and political rules of behavior. View
Self-Serving Bias The Self-Serving Bias is the tendency people have to process information in ways that advance their own self-interest or support their pre-existing views. View
Role Morality Role morality describes how people sometimes apply different ethical standards depending on what role they see themselves playing. View
Rationalizations Rationalizations are the excuses people give themselves for failing to live up to their own ethical standards. View
Overconfidence Bias The Overconfidence Bias is the tendency people have to be more confident in their own abilities, including making moral judgments, than objective facts would justify. View
Obedience to Authority Obedience to Authority is the tendency people have to try to comply with superiors’ wishes, even when to do so conflicts with their own moral judgment. View
Neuroethics Neuroethics uses the tools of neuroscience to examine how we make ethical choices. It is also the investigation of the ethics of neuroscience. View
Morals Morals are society’s accepted principles of right conduct that enable people to live cooperatively. View