Intuitive moral judgments are robust across variation in gender, education, politics and religion: A large-scale web-based study

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 253-281

  Banerjee, Konika ^a   Huebner, Bryce ^b   Hauser, Marc ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

education; gender; Moral intuitions; politics; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751537939     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853710X531186     Document Type: Article

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