The difference between punishments and rewards in fostering moral concerns in social decision making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1436-1443

  Mulder, Laetitia B ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Moral concerns; Moral judgments; Punishments; Rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749098066     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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