Do-gooder derogation: Disparaging morally motivated minorities to defuse anticipated reproach

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Minson, Julia A ^a   Monin, Benoît ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anticipated moral reproach; do gooder derogation; moral exemplars; moral superiority; vegetarians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856464352     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611415695     Document Type: Review

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