Feeling for others: Empathy, sympathy, and morality

Inquiry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-499

  Maibom, Heidi L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 70449088576     PISSN: 0020174X     EISSN: 15023923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00201740903302626     Document Type: Article

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