The Endorsement of the Moral Foundations in Food-Related Moral Thinking in Three European Countries

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 771-786

  Mäkiniemi, Jaana Piia ^a   Pirttilä Backman, Anna Maija ^a   Pieri, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denmark; Finland; Food; Italy; Moral foundations; Word associations

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FOOD; MORALITY;

DENMARK; FINLAND; ITALY;

EID: 84883050620     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-012-9401-3     Document Type: Article

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