Kurt Gray

Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kurt Gray is professor of social and moral psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and director of the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He is the co-author, with Daniel M Wegner, of The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters (2016). He lives in Carrboro, North Carolina.

Written by Kurt Gray

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It’s not only political conservatives who worry about moral purity

You might think the political Right is more focussed on morals than the Left. But purity is a pervasive political value

by Kurt Gray, Will Blakey & Nicholas DiMaggio

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In the chaos of raising a toddler there lies a path to nirvana

Toddler nirvana: facing the storms and challenges of raising a child can help you transcend your self and live in the moment

by Kurt Gray