Behavioral ethics for Homo economicus, Homo heuristicus, and Homo duplex

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 150-158

  Kluver, Jesse ^a   Frazier, Rebecca ^b   Haidt, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Homo duplex; Homo economicus; Homo heuristicus; Human nature; Meaning; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892692799     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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