Do theories of implicit race bias change moral judgments?

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 272-289

  Cameron, C Daryl ^a   Payne, B Keith ^a   Knobe, Joshua ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Implicit bias; Moral judgment; Responsibility; Stereotyping; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308603     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0118-z     Document Type: Article

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