Justice: Just a Rational Choice?

Social Justice Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-101

  Montada, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Existential guilt; Free riding; Justice motive; Rational choice theory; Resentment; Self interest; Social conflicts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002130772     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023299119352     Document Type: Article

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