Moral dilemmas and moral principles: When emotion and cognition unite

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1276-1291

  Manfrinati, Andrea ^a   Lotto, Lorella ^a   Sarlo, Michela ^a   Palomba, Daniela ^a   Rumiati, Rino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doctrine of the double effect; Emotions; Intentionality; Judgement and decision making; Moral dilemmas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84885050292     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.785388     Document Type: Article

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