"If You Love Me Keep My Commandments": Religiosity Increases Preference for Rule-Based Moral Arguments

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-302

  Piazza, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84866687944     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2011.638598     Document Type: Article

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