The effect of empathy in environmental moral reasoning

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-134

  Berenguer, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropocentrism; Ecocentrism; Empathy; Environmental moral reasoning; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MORALITY;

EID: 70450230459     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508325892     Document Type: Article

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