Liberals and conservatives rely on common moral foundations when making moral judgments about influential people

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1059

  Frimer, Jeremy A ^a,b   Biesanz, Jeremy C ^a   Walker, Lawrence J ^a   MacKinlay, Callan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Moral exemplars; Moral foundations; Moral personality; Morality; Political ideology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; POLITICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882274275     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032277     Document Type: Article

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