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Peter Descioli
Assistant Professor
Political Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Much of PeterĀ DeScioli's research focuses on moral condemnation, especially the functions of third party judgment, moralistic punishment, and moral impartiality. Another area of his research program examines the functions of friendship by looking at how people distribute loyalties across close friends (friend ranking) and how people obscure their loyalties (rank masking). He is also investigating the psychological foundations of property and ownership by using a virtual environment to observe resource disputes in the laboratory.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
- PhD and MA, University of Pennsylvania
- BA, University of Delaware
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News Highlights
October 30, 2014
People change their moral values to benefit themselves over others
Science Daily
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August 19, 2014
Common Knowledge Makes Us More Cooperative
Pacific Standard Magazine
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August 1, 2014
Morality: The Amazing Side-Taking Machine
Center for Humans & Nature
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June 9, 2014
Angry Faces Back Up Verbal Threats, Making Them Seem More Credible
Association for Psychological Science
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