Autism, empathy and questions of moral agency

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-166

  Krahn, Timothy ^a   Fenton, Andrew ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive affective empathy; Empathy; Moral agency; Moral behaviour; Moral psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749170119     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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