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
Moral Relativism Moral Relativism asserts that moral standards are culturally-defined and therefore it may be impossible to determine what is truly right or wrong. View
Moral Reasoning Moral Reasoning is the branch of philosophy that attempts to answer questions with moral dimensions. View
Moral Psychology Moral Psychology encompasses both the philosophical and psychological study of the development of the moral sense and related matters. View
Moral Pluralism Moral Pluralism is the notion that various conflicting values may all be equally valid and worthy of respect. View