Social psychology, mood, and helping: Mixed results for virtue ethics

Journal of Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 145-173

  Miller, Christian ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character; Doris; Harman; Situationism; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349245017     PISSN: 13824554     EISSN: 15728609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10892-009-9046-2     Document Type: Article

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