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How The Good Place illustrates an unorthodox theory in moral psychology

On The Good Place, people are judged on the morality of virtually everything they do. This might seem unfair, but what really counts as moral and non-moral? Evidence from psychology suggests that there may be no clear distinction between moral and non-moral cases. If you’re like most people, you probably don’t consider buying a tomato to be a moral decision. Which is why it was so startling, near the... / more