Enough skill to kill: Intentionality judgments and the moral valence of action

Cognition

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-150

  Guglielmo, Steve ^a   Malle, Bertram F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Blame; Causal deviance; Intentionality; Moral judgment; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL;

ADULT; APTITUDE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 77957683429     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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