Social justice and moral reasoning: An empirical integration of two paradigms in psychological research

Social Justice Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-39

  Wendorf, Craig A ^a,b   Alexander, Sheldon ^a   Firestone, Ira J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Moral reasoning; Procedural justice; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844312249     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016093614893     Document Type: Article

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