Moral reasoning

Does everyone deserve compassion? A person standing is reaching down with a hand outstretched to someone below whose hand is also outstretched. Neither faces are visible.

Does everyone deserve compassion?

Recent study finds moral judgments limit our concern for others

Parents’ views on justice affect babies’ moral development Baby with EEG

Parents’ views on justice affect babies’ moral development

Neuroscientists identify brain mechanisms that predict generosity in children Child with EEG performing task

Neuroscientists identify brain mechanisms that predict generosity in children

Brain scans link concern for justice with reason, not emotion

Brain scans link concern for justice with reason, not emotion

Jean Decety

Jean Decety

Title: Irving B. Harris Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology and Psychiatry

Expertise: Sociology, Emotions, Empathy, Morality, Decision making

Departmental website: https://psychology.uchicago.edu/directory/jean-decety