Moral duty or moral defence? The effects of perceiving shared humanity with the victims of ingroup perpetrated harm

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Morton, Thomas A ^a   Postmes, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78751637612     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.751     Document Type: Article

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