Moral realism as moral motivation: The impact of meta-ethics on everyday decision-making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 302-306

  Young, Liane ^a   Durwin, A J ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Moral behavior; Objectivism; Priming; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871759079     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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