Psychological distance increases uncompromising consequentialism

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-452

  Aguilar, Pilar ^a   Brussino, Silvina ^b   Fernández Dols, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Consequentialism; Moral norms; Psychological distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873528803     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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