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We show that this variation is not random but highly predictable. We introduce the Moral Flavours Model, a theory proposing that norms emerge from three factors: how much moral concern a behaviour evokes overall, its \u2018moral flavour\u2019 (the type of concern it evokes), and societies\u2019 \u2018moral tastes\u2019 (their sensitivity to different types of concern). We demonstrate that this simple framework predicts 76% of the variance in moral norms across 19 morally contentious behaviours in 42 societies, and 88% of the variance in everyday norms across 150 situated behaviours in 90 societies. Remarkably, the same societal tastes predict both profound moral issues (like euthanasia) and mundane behaviours (e.g. whether it is okay to sing on a bus). These fundamental tastes therefore have the potential to predict a society\u2019s entire normative landscape. 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