Moral judgment and moral neuroscience: Intersections, definitions, and issues

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Killen, Melanie ^a   Smetana, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Moral development; Moral judgment; Moral neuroscience; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549121521     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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