How the seasons screw with your moral compass. Your morality isn’t as stable as you might think. by Sigal Samuel. Aug 12, 2024, 1:35 PM UTC. Getty Images.

A researcher at the University of British Columbia has been looking into whether moral values can change with the seasons. Ian Hohm and his team examined five moral values including fairness and care.

Life on Earth goes in and out of seasons, where forms come and go, decomposing to make new growth possible. We have the capacity and privilege to be co-creators — gardeners — of this life.

This framework, called moral foundations theory, sets up a taxonomy of “five pretty fundamental values that shape human social behavior,” says lead author Ian Hohm, a psychology graduate ...

University of British Columbia. (2024, August 6). People's moral values change with the seasons. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 ...