The Boston Review published a fascinating article recently, Do the Right Thing about how scientists and scholars are attempting to determine whether there is a universal moral sense. Rebecca Saxe’s roundup includes contributions from social science and anthropology on one side and from cognitive science and biology on the other.

Mentioned in the article is the Moral Sense Test - an Internet-based survey using sample moral dilemmas to see who answers in what way and find patterns across different cultures. If you think their work is worthwhile, take the test yourself…

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