Folk moral relativism

Mind and Language

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-505

  Sarkissian, Hagop ^a   Park, John ^b   Tien, David ^c   Wright, Jennifer Cole ^d   Knobe, Joshua ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052541452     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2011.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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