The end justifies the means, but only in the middle

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-583

  Touré Tillery, Maferima ^a   Fishbach, Ayelet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Goals; Motivation; Self signaling; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84867627294     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025928     Document Type: Article

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