The difference between street parking and slavery

P. Kyle Stanford; Michael J. Poulin

doi:10.1017/S0140525X25101623

The difference between street parking and slavery

P. Kyle Stanford
, Michael J. Poulin

Psychology

University of California at Irvine

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Abstract

The authors neglect the most distinctive and puzzling features of human moral experience and thus fail to offer a theory of moral cognition at all. Humans experience moral norms and obligations as externally imposed on us in ways we are not free to modify, invent, or ignore, in sharp contrast to the motivations and outcomes of bargaining or prior agreements.

Original language	English
Article number	e155
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25101623
State	Published - Jun 25 2026

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