This op-ed is part of The Hill’s “How to Fix America” series exploring solutions to some of America’s most pressing problems. We often hear that Democrats and Republicans are worlds apart. But what if ...

When we’re kids, we start to learn the difference between right and wrong. But how much of that development comes from the movies we watch at that age? A team of researchers that includes a Michigan ...

Acting morally can be difficult, especially when it involves risking social disapproval and going against the crowd. Understanding what factors help people act morally when they are under pressure to ...

Why do people on the other side of the political spectrum often seem not just misinformed-but morally wrong? Why do even good-faith attempts at cross-partisan conversation so often stall or turn ...

Many of us are outraged today. We dig in our heels around our beliefs on abortion, vaccines, immigration, or gender. We believe we are morally right and the other side is wrong. And the other side ...

The United States is in the midst of a long-running opioid epidemic that has killed nearly one million people since 1999 and cost over $1trillion in health care, law enforcement and social services ...

Putting moral insight back into economics enhances understanding of political outcomes For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were seen as distinct—each ...

Moral distress occurs when someone feels constrained from acting on their ethical beliefs due to institutional or other external pressures. Moral distress is a significant challenge that may confront ...

COMMENTARY: Something serious does seem to be afoot with this papacy that differs markedly from its predecessors, and that ‘something’ is a revolutionary change in moral theology. Pope Francis gives ...