The strategic pursuit of moral credentials

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 774-777

  Merritt, Anna C ^a   Effron, Daniel A ^a,d   Fein, Steven ^b   Savitsky, Kenneth K ^b   Tuller, Daniel M ^a   Monin, Benoît ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional ambiguity; Moral credential; Moral licensing; Racial attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858069260     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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