Different worldviews, different morals: America’s culture war divide?

Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 325-344

  Jensen, Lene Arnett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Culture; Culture war; Moral behavior; Moral reasoning; Worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933745     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000278737     Document Type: Article

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