Does moral reasoning represent sociomoral structure or political ideology? A further exploration of the relations between moral reasoning, political attitudes, consistency of moral thought, and the evaluation of human rights in Dutch young adults

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-638

  Raaijmakers, Quinten A W ^a   Van Hoof, Anne ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consistency; Construct validity; Human rights; Moral reasoning; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747056063     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.6.617     Document Type: Review

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