Culture and the quest for universal principles in moral reasoning

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-176

  Sachdeva, Sonya ^a   Singh, Purnima ^b   Medin, Douglas ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cultural psychology; Moral reasoning; Sociocultural approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTUITION; MORALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79957589572     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.568486     Document Type: Review

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