Ethical automaticity

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-98

  Brownstein, Michael ^a   Madva, Alex ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alief; automaticity; implicit bias; virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857929840     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393111426402     Document Type: Article

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