Current Research Questions
⇒ In what ways is our capacity for social cognition zero-sum?
⇒ When do people consider whistleblowing to be an act of heroism versus an act of betrayal?
⇒ Why do people inherently see their own mental states as less intense, causal, and precise than the mental states of others?
⇒ Are people’s morals more like facts, preferences, or beliefs?
⇒ How do misunderstandings about motivation fuel intergroup conflict?
⇒ Why do people condemn up-close-and-personal violence but strongly oppose drone warfare that occurs remotely?
⇒ What factors increase or decrease people’s comfort with outsourcing jobs to robots?
⇒ Does the psychological experience of power increase or decrease loneliness?
⇒ How does our limited ability to distribute empathy contribute to ideological disagreement?
⇒ Why are people who moralize social issues and people who consider social issues completely amoral equally prone to conflict?
⇒ Do different motivations guide people to see different aspects of others’ minds?
⇒ What are the ethical implications of driving using an autonomous car?
⇒ When do meaningless gestures of generosity seem to substitute for consequential ones?