Intentional Harms Are Worse, Even When They're Not

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1755-1762

  Ames, Daniel L ^a   Fiske, Susan T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

judgment; morality; motivation; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION;

JUDGMENT; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL COGNITION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883787502     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613480507     Document Type: Article

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