The Moral Science Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Evolved Reason and Shared Challenges Yield Cooperation with Michael McCullough
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael McCullough is a professor of psychology at University of California, San Diego. There, he directs the Evolution and Human Behavior Laborat...
Would You Rather, Phantom Costs, and Conspiracy Theories with Andrew Vonasch
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrew Vonasch is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Canterbury where he researches moral rationality. His academic training in economi...
Religion as a Context for Character Development with Sarah Schnitker
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sarah Schnitker is a Professor of Psychology and Nueroscience at Baylor University, where she directs the science of virtues lab. She previously r...
The Arrow of Moral Progress with Steven Pinker
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on a number of topics, including visual co...
Babies are Judging You with Kiley Hamlin
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J Kiley Hamlin is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Canadian Research Chair at the University of British Columbia. There she directs th...
The Best Leaders are Humble with Bradley Owens
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Owens is an Associate Professor in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. There his teaching and research focus on et...
Morality Amid COVID-19 with Bengt Brülde, Bradford Cokelet, Debra Lieberman, Richard Shweder, and Liane Young
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, five scholars of morality talk about their observations of ethics during the coronavirus pandemic. These scholars include Bengt Brül...
Moral Impartiality, Third Party Judgment, and George Floyd Riots with Peter DeScioli
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Peter DeScioli is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University, where he teaches courses on Moral Politics and Public Pol...
Deep Pragmatism with Joshua Greene
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joshua Greene is a Psychology Professor and a faculty member of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University. His work focuses on the dual-p...
The Stubbornness of Convictions with Linda Skitka
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Linda Skitka is a psychology professor and associate department head at the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a professor of political...
Diversity and Deviance with Jennifer Cole Wright
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Cole Wright is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of Charleston, where she directs the Moral Lab. There, she researches ...
Moral Sentiments and the Mythical Homo Economicus with Russ Roberts
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Russ Roberts is the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has taught economics at George Mason University, Washingt...
Dungeons and Dragons and Political Ideology with Stephen Vaisey
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stephen Vaisey is a professor of Sociology and Political Science at Duke University. He is the Director of the Worldview Lab at the Kenan Institut...
Consciousness, Evolution, and Morality with Robert Wright
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Wright is a journalist and the best-selling author of Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information, The Moral ...
Algorithmic Fairness and Its Discontents with Sharad Goel
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sharad Goel is a professor of Management Science and Engineering, as well as a professor of Computer Science and Law at Stanford University. He is...
Becoming Virtuous with Nancy Snow
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nancy Snow is a philosophy Professor and the director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. She co-di...
Indigenous Wisdom with Darcia Narvaez
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Darcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. There, she directs the Evolved Developmental Morality Lab, where her ...
Game Theory, Evolution, and Morality with Oliver Scott Curry
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Oliver Scott Curry is the research director of Kindlab, and a researcher at Oxford’s School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography as well as th...
Ethics of Market Efficiency with Jonathan Wight
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jonathan Wight is a professor of economics in the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. He has authored and coauthored four boo...
Ethics of the East Part 2 with Bradford Cokelet
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bradford Cokelet is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. His work focuses on Eastern philosophy, the philosophy of re...
The Ethics of Batman and Captain America with Mark D. White
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark D. White is the chair of the philosophy department at the College of Staten Island CUNY, where he teaches courses on philosophy, economics, a...
The Moral Muscle with Roy Baumeister
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roy Baumeister is a social psychologist known for his research in a number of diverse areas, including: self-control, decision-making, the need to...
Moral Identity Doesn't Fall from the Sky with Tobias Krettenauer
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tobias Krettenauer is a professor of psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he directs the Morality, Identity, and Environmental Sustaina...
Morality is Relationship Regulation with Tage Rai
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tage Rai is the Associate Editor for social sciences at Science magazine, and is a research associate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. His r...
A Brief Overview of the Sociology of Morality with Steven Hitlin
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Steven Hitlin is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. He has written numerous articles and book chapters on the sociology of morali...
The Value-Laden Nature of Well-Being with Gregg Henriques
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gregg Henriques is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University. Over many years, he has been working to develop an integrated way of und...
People are Mixed Bags with Christian Miller
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christian Miller is the A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on the philosophy of religion and contem...
The Good Samaritan and Moral Motivation with Daniel Batson
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel Batson has a PhD in Social Psychology and Theology, and is an emeritus professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Tennesse...
Ethics of the East and West with Bradford Cokelet
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bradford Cokelet is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. He has written and coedited three books, including the Moral...
Naturalism and the Convivial Social Life with Owen Flanagan
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Owen Flanagan is the James B Duke professor of philosophy and Neurobiology at Duke University, where he co-directs the Center for Comparative Phil...
Working with Kohlberg and Teaching for Excellence with Anne Colby
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anne Colby is a consulting professor at Stanford University’s Center on Adolescence. Prior to her appointment at Stanford, she directed the Henr...
Moral Exemplars and Beyond-the-Self Purpose with William Damon
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. William Damon is a Professor of Education at Stanford University, where he directs the Center on Adolescence and is a senior fellow at the Hoover ...
Development of Prosocial Motivations with Gustavo Carlo
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gustavo Carlo is the Millsap Endowed Professor of Diversity and Multicultural Studies in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at...
Ethical Pluralism and Multicultural Exchanges with Richard Shweder
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Richard Shweder is the Harold H Swift Distinguished service professor of Human Development in the University of Chicago’s Department of Comparat...
Mind Perception and the Trouble with Moral Platypuses with Kurt Gray
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kurt Gray is an associate professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. There, he directs the Mind Perception and Mora...
The Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Darcia Narvaez is a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. There, she directs the Evolved Developmental Morality Lab, where her ...
Fairness, Equality, and Research Framing with Mark Sheskin
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Sheskin is an assistant professor of social sciences at Minerva Schools at KGI and an instructor in the cognitive science department at Yale ...
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics with Blaine Fowers
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Blaine Fowers is a professor at the University of Miami’s Department of Education and Psychological Studies, and is the founder of the Network f...
The Case for Moral Realism with Brent Slife
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brent Slife is an Emeritus professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University and is the Editor-in-chief of the APA’s Journal of Theoretical an...
The Making of Moral Foundations Theory with Jesse Graham
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jesse Graham is the George S Eccles chair in business ethics, and an associate professor of management at the University of Utah. He’s most know...
"Stupid Rules": Social Domains and Moral Development with Larry Nucci
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Larry Nucci is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley, an emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of I...
A Brief History of Moral Psychology with Sam Hardy
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sam Hardy, an associate professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, describes the branches of moral psychology that emerged in the wake o...