Mayan morality: An exploration of permissible harms

Cognition

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-224

  Abarbanell, Linda ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^b,c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Judgments; Mayans; Means side effects; Moral psychology; Omission bias; Universals

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEXICO; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649180562     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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