Over the past 2 decades, dozens of studies have explored the relationship between exposure to economics and antisocial behavior. With a few exceptions, these studies find the economists and economics students are more likely to exhibit a range of “debased” moral behavior and attitudes, both...

Maslow assumes that people are not merely economic creators who seek to maximize their happiness. He holds that once people's basic needs are satisfied, they will find contentment in seeking to address “higher” needs—famously esteem and self-actualization. However, Maslow's theory is...

How are we to ensure that autonomous machines act ethically? Teaching machines ethics, or getting them to follow whatever the community favors, may not work. Instead, one can use AI to find out what the ethical preferences of its human users are, in a way similar to how we learn about consumer...