Welcome to the homepage of the Moral Psychology Research Laboratory, directed by Professor Fiery Cushman in the Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences Department at Brown University.

We study moral psychology. Our research asks questions like: Why do we sometimes punish accidents? And, when do we think it is OK to sacrifice one person for the good of many? We are interested in understanding the cognitive processes that give rise to moral judgment, their development, and their evolutionary history.

Brown University
Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences