What good is moral reasoning?

Mind and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-148

  Mercier, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Group decision making; Moral change; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053921760     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-011-0085-6     Document Type: Article

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