Psychopaths and Filthy Desks: Are Emotions Necessary and Sufficient for Moral Judgment?

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-115

  Sauer, Hanno ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental philosophy; Jesse Prinz; Jonathan Haidt; Moral emotions; Moral judgment; Moral psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858698410     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-011-9274-y     Document Type: Article

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