The Orthogonality of Praise and Condemnation in Moral Judgment

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-310

  Wiltermuth, Scott S ^a   Monin, Benoît ^b   Chow, Rosalind M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

condemnation; denigration; moral evaluation; moral judgment; morality; praise

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960701945     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610363162     Document Type: Article

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