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  1. Ethics and Morality - Psychology Today

    To put it simply, ethics represents the moral code that guides a person’s choices and behaviors throughout their life.

  2. Rethinking Ethics in Psychology

    Aug 31, 2025 · Morality focuses on judgment, while ethics as attention focuses on responsiveness. Cultivating attention allows psychologists to see subtle ethical cues that codes of conduct can't …

  3. How Moral Codes Stunt Growth (and Moral Language Grows Us)

    Oct 7, 2022 · All behaviors have their place, so moral codes stunt our growth on deciding when to do what. Moral language awakens us to life's complexities—but only if we stop coding behaviors to …

  4. When Ethics Hurt: How Rigid Rules Are Failing the Vulnerable

    Mar 25, 2025 · Strict professional codes may unintentionally override client autonomy, especially for under-served patients. A more nuanced, human-centered approach to ethics that balances …

  5. How Universal Is Our Morality? - Psychology Today

    May 24, 2022 · Imagine a world in which each country comes with a unique set of moral codes, where each of them has distinct preferences for punishing or allowing different behaviors.

  6. Ethics, Boundaries, and Actions - Psychology Today

    Feb 10, 2025 · Studying the code of ethics as a student prior to entering the field is critical. The student must learn the boundaries for professional and personal actions and the reasons for those boundaries.

  7. Where Does Morality Come From? - Psychology Today

    Nov 25, 2020 · Despite popular belief that religion is the main source of morality, there is a large, well-established body of knowledge about the fully natural origins of the human moral sense.

  8. Why We Relate to Batman - Psychology Today

    Dec 22, 2019 · Do superheroes need to have clear-cut moral codes, and can they be conflicted? Does this help make them more relatable?

  9. Morality Exists Despite Religion - Psychology Today

    Apr 30, 2012 · Bottom line: Morality exists outside of religion. As a matter of fact, religion does nothing short but create a complete relativistic conundrum as to how to lead a moral life.

  10. The Scars of Moral Injury From George Floyd’s Death

    Apr 3, 2021 · Key points Moral theory can help explain the behavior of witnesses and officers in George Floyd's death. Moral injury is widespread. And so is moral disengagement.