Benefiting from misfortune: When harmless actions are judged to be morally blameworthy

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-62

  Inbar, Yoel ^a   Pizarro, David A ^b   Cushman, Fiery ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blame; character; desires; moral judgment; responsibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84855282796     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211430232     Document Type: Article

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