Moral reasoning: Hints and allegations

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-527

  Paxton, Joseph M ^a   Greene, Joshua D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual process model; Moral judgment; Moral reasoning; Social intuitionist model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTUITION; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THINKING;

ADULT; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; INTUITION; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THINKING;

EID: 79957658041     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2010.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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