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Morality

Everything on this site about morality — each one naming the study behind it.

Doing one good deed makes you act more selfishly.
Moral licensing occurs when performing a virtuous action provides a psychological credit that you spend on later behav…
You subconsciously assume people deserve their current fortune.
The just-world hypothesis leads you to conclude that existing social hierarchies and personal outcomes are the result …
You judge harmful inaction as less severe than action.
Research indicates that people rate harmful consequences resulting from inaction as more acceptable than identical har…