The role of moral commitments in moral judgment

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-286

  Lombrozo, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Deontology; Moral dilemmas; Moral intuition; Moral judgment; Moral reasoning; Trolley car problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953156254     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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