AI Language Model Rivals Expert Ethicist in Perceived Moral Expertise
Dillion, D., Mondal, D., Tandon, N. et al. AI language model rivals expert ethicist in perceived moral expertise. Sci Rep 15, 4084 (2025).
Morality in our Mind and Across Cultures and Politics
Gray, K. & Pratt, S. Morality in our mind and across cultures and politics. (2024). Annual Review of Psychology, 76.
People believe political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, fueling partisan divides
Puryear, C., et al. (2024). People believe political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, fueling partisan divides. PNAS Nexus, 3(7), 1-12.
Generalized Morality Culturally Evolves as an Adaptive Heuristic in Large Social Networks
Jackson, J. C., Halberstadt, J., Takezawa, M., Liew, K., Smith, K., Apicella, C., Gray, K. (2023). Generalized morality culturally evolves as an adaptive heuristic in large social networks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(6), 1207-1238.
Moral Disagreement Across Politics is Explained by Different Assumptions About Who is Vulnerable to Harm (Preprint)
Womick, J., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Ochoa, N. R., Rebollar, C., Kapsaskis, K., Pratt, S., Payne, B. K., Vaisey, S., & Gray, K. (2024, March 26). Moral Disagreement across Politics is Explained by Different Assumptions about who is Most Vulnerable to Harm. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qsg7j
Moral Panics on Social Media are Fueled by Signals of Virality
Puryear, C., Vandello, J. A., & Gray, K. (2024). Moral Panics on Social Media are Fueled by Signals of Virality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000379
Victimhood: The Most Powerful Force in Morality and Politics
Gray, K., & Kubin, E. (2024). Victimhood: The Most Powerful Force in Morality and Politics. Accepted at Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.
Using "Balanced Pragmatism" in Political Discussions Increases Cross-Partisan Respect
Puryear, C., & Gray, K. (2024). Using “Balanced Pragmatism” in Political Discussions Increases Cross-Party Respect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001554
Problem of Purity in Moral Psychology
Gray K., DiMaggio N., Schein C., & Kachanoff F., (In Press) The Problem of Purity in Moral Psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review.
The Affective Harm Account (AHA) of Moral Judgment: Reconciling Cognition and Affect, Dyadic Morality and Disgust, Harm and Purity
Gray, K., MacCormack, J. K., Henry, T., Banks, E., Schein, C., Armstrong-Carter, E. Abrams, S., Muscatell., K. A. (In Press). The Affective Harm Account (AHA) of Moral Judgment: Reconciling Cognition and Affect, Dyadic Morality and Disgust, Harm and Purity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Deconstructing Moral Character Judgments
Hartman, R., Blakey, W., & Gray, K. (2022). Deconstructing moral character judgments. Current Opinion in Psychology.
The Moral Identity Picture Scale (MIPS): Measuring the Full Scope of Moral Identity (Full Scale)
Goranson, A., O’Fallon, C., & Gray, K. (2021). Self & Identity.
The Moral Identity Picture Scale (MIPS): Measuring the Full Scope of Moral Identity (Journal Article)
Goranson, A., O’Fallon, C., & Gray, K. (2021). Self & Identity.
Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts
Kubin, E., Puryear, C., Schein, C., & Gray, K. (in press). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The new trinity of religious moral character: The cooperator, the crusader, and the complicit
Abrams, S., Jackson, J. C., Gray, K. (2020).Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 99-105
Measuring realistic and symbolic threats of COVID-19 and their unique impacts on wellbeing and adherence to public health behaviors.
Kachanoff, F., Bigman, Y., Kapsaskis, K., Gray., K. (in press). Social Psychological and Personality Science.
On intersectionality: How complex patterns of discrimination can emerge from simple stereotypes
Hester, N., Payne, B. K., Brown-Iannuzzi, J., Gray, K. (2020). Psychological Science, 31(8), 1013-1024.
Could a Rising Robot Workforce Make Humans Less Prejudiced?
Jackson, J.C., Castelo, N., & Gray, K. (2020). American Psychologist, 75(7), 969-982.
Life and death decisions of autonomous vehicles
Bigman, Y., & Gray, K. (2020). Nature, 579, E1-E2.
The Moral Psychology of Raceless Genderless Strangers
Hester, N. & Gray, K. (2020). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 216-230.
Praise-Many, Blame-Fewer: A Common (and Successful) Strategy for Attributing Responsibility in Groups
Schein, C., Jackson, J.C., Frasca, T., Gray, K. (2020). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 149, 855-869.
Promiscuous Condemnation: People Assume Ambiguous Actions Are Immoral
Hester, N., Payne, B.K., & Gray, K. (2020). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 86, 103910.
When A Good God Makes Bad People: Testing a Theory of Religion and Immorality
Jackson, J.C. & Gray, K. (2019). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(6), 1203-1230.
Would I Really Make a Difference? Moral Typecasting Theory and Its Implications for Helping Ethical Leaders
Yam, K.C., Fehr, R., Burch, T., Zhang, Y. & Gray, K. (2019). Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 675–692.
Military Veterans Are Morally Typecast as Agentic But Unfeeling: Implications for Veteran Employment
Shepherd, S., Kay, A.C., & Gray, K. (2019). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 153, 75-88.
Holding Robots Responsible: The Elements of Machine Morality
Bigman, Y., Waytz, A., Alterovitz, R., & Gray, K. (2019). Trends in Cognitive Science, 23(5), 365-368.
People Are Averse to Machines Making Moral Decisions
Bigman, Y. & Gray, K. (2018). Cognition, 181, 21-34.
CEOs Imbue Organizations With Feelings, Increasing Punishment Satisfaction and Apology Effectiveness
Tang, S. & Gray, K. (2018). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 115-125.
Does Online Technology Make Us More or Less Sociable? A Preliminary Review and Call for Research
Waytz, A. & Gray, K. (2018). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(4), 473-491.
To Be Immortal, Do Good or Evil
Gray, K., Anderson, S., Doyle, C.M., Hester, N., Schmitt, P., Vonasch, A., Allison, S., & Jackson., J. (2018). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44(6), 868-880.
For Black Men, Being Tall Increases Threat Stereotyping and Police Stops
Hester, N. & Gray, K. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2711-2715.
The Theory of Dyadic Morality: Reinventing Moral Judgments by Redefining Harm
Schein, C. & Gray, K. (2018). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22(1), 32-70.
How to Think About Emotion and Morality: Circles, Not Arrows
Gray, K., Schein, C. & Cameron C.D. (2017). Current Opinion in Psychology, 17, 41-46.
Harm Mediates the Disgust-Immorality Link
Schein, C., Ritter, R.S., & Gray, K. (2016). Emotion, 16(6), 862-876.
No Absolutism Here: Harm Predicts Moral Judgment 30x Better Than Disgust—Commentary on Scott, Inbar & Rozin (2015)
Gray, K. & Schein, C. (2016). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(3), 325-329.
The Visual Guide to Morality: Vision as an Integrative Analogy for Moral Experience, Variability and Mechanism
Schein, C., Hester, N. & Gray, K. (2016). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, 231-251.
Moralization and Harmification: The Dyadic Loop Explains How the Innocuous Becomes Harmful and Wrong
Schein, C. & Gray, K. (2016). Psychological Inquiry, 27, 62-65.
A Constructionist Review of Morality and Emotions: No Evidence for Specific Relationships Between Moral Content and Discrete Emotions
Cameron, C.D., Lindquist, K.A., & Gray, K. (2015). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19, 371-394.
Impure, or Just Weird? Scenario Sampling Bias Raises Questions About the Foundation of Morality
Gray, K. & Keeney, J.E. (2015). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 859-868.
Disconfirming Moral Foundations Theory on Its Own Terms: Reply to Graham (2015)
Gray, K. & Keeney, J.E. (2015). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 874-877.
The Unifying Moral Dyad: Liberals and Conservatives Share the Same Harm-Based Moral Template
Schein, C. & Gray, K. (2015). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1147-1163.
The Myth of Harmless Wrongs in Moral Cognition: Automatic Dyadic Completion From Sin to Suffering
Gray, K.*, Schein, C.*, & Ward. A.F. (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1600-1615.
Harm Concerns Predict Moral Judgments of Suicide: Comment on Rottman, Kelemen and Young (2014)
Gray. K. (2014). Cognition, 130, 217-226.
The Prototype Model of Blame: Freeing Moral Cognition From Linearity and Little Boxes
Schein, C. & Gray, K. (2014). Psychological Inquiry, 25, 236-240.
Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity
Gray, K. & Ward, A.F. & Norton, M.I. (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 247-254.
Give What You Get: Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) and 4-Year-Old Children Pay Forward Positive and Negative Outcomes to Conspecifics
Leimgruber, K.L., Ward, A.F., Widness, J., Norton, M.I., Olson, K.R., Gray, K., Santos, L.R., (2014). PLoS One, 9: e87035.
Two Minds vs. Two Philosophies: Mind Perception Defines Morality and Dissolves the Debate Between Deontology and Utilitarianism
Gray, K. & Schein, C. (2012). Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 3, 405-423.
Mind Perception Is the Essence of Morality [target article]
Gray, K., Young, L., Waytz, A. (2012). Psychological Inquiry, 23(2), 101-124.
*Winner of SPSP Theoretical Innovation Award
The Moral Dyad: A Fundamental Template Unifying Moral Judgment (reply to commentaries)
Gray, K., Waytz, A., Young, L. (2012). Psychological Inquiry, 23, 206-215.
The Power of Good Intentions: Perceived Benevolence Soothes Pain, Increases Pleasure, and Improves Taste
Gray, K. (2012). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(5), 639-645.
Simulating Murder: The Aversion to Harmful Actions
Cushman, F., Gray, K., Gaffey, A. & Mendes, W.B. (2012). Emotion, 12(1), 2-7.
Dimensions of Moral Emotions
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2011). Emotion Review, 3(3), 258-260.
To Escape Blame, Don't Be a Hero—Be a Victim
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2011). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 516-519.
Distortions of Mind Perception in Psychopathology
Gray, K., Jenkins A.C., Heberlein A.H. & Wegner, D.M. (2011). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(2), 477-479.
Moral Transformation: Good and Evil Turn the Weak Into the Mighty
Gray, K. (2010). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(3), 253-258.
Causes and Consequences of Mind Perception
Waytz, A., Gray, K., Epley, N., & Wegner, D.M. (2010). Trends in Cognitive Science, 14, 383-388.
Blaming God for Our Pain: Human Suffering and the Divine Mind
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2010). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14(1), 7-16.
Torture and Judgments of Guilt
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(1), 233-235.
Moral Typecasting: Divergent Perceptions of Moral Agents and Moral Patients
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2009). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(3), 505-520.
The Sting of Intentional Pain
Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 1260-62.
Dimensions of Mind Perception
Gray, H.M., Gray, K. & Wegner, D.M. (2007). Science, 315, 619.