A dissociation between moral judgments and justifications

Mind and Language

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Hauser, Marc ^a,b   Cushman, Fiery ^b   Young, Liane ^b   Kang Xing Jin, R ^b   Mikhail, John ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33846644011     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2006.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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