Crime and punishment: Distinguishing the roles of causal and intentional analyses in moral judgment

Cognition

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-380

  Cushman, Fiery ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Causation; Intentional action; Moral psychology; Morality; Punishment; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CRIME; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 45649084458     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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