Understanding the role of dispositional and situational threat sensitivity in our moral judgments

Journal of Moral Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-397

  Wright, Jennifer Cole ^a   Baril, Galen L ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

moral foundations theory; moral intuitions; motivated social cognition; threat sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883483488     PISSN: 03057240     EISSN: 14653877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2013.820659     Document Type: Article

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