Researchers who analyzed more than 380,000 songs say music can serve as a "cultural barometer for evolving moral norms." ...
A research team from Xavier University in Cincinnati has created a tool that measures the "moral injury" caused by clergy sexual abuse and its concealment by officials in the Catholic Church. In a ...
A new analysis of hundreds of thousands of English-language hit songs suggests that popular music lyrics have shifted over ...
While most of us value honesty, we consider those who skew reality to avoid hurting others to be more moral. Despite that, we prefer to hear the harsh truth when the feedback concerns us, according to ...
A new study, published in PLOS ONE, has uncovered a remarkable connection between individuals' musical preferences and their moral values, shedding new light on the profound influence that music can ...
Whether you’re a lifelong punk, devoted bluegrass fan, or high-brow purveyor of 18th-century symphonies, music can be a strong foundational aspect of our personal identities—and, according to a 2023 ...
We addressed the relation between nostalgia and moral judgment or behavior. We hypothesized that nostalgia, a social emotion, increases moral concern (H1), nostalgia intensifies punitiveness against ...