Cruel nature: Harmfulness as an important, overlooked dimension in judgments of moral standing

Cognition

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-124

  Piazza, Jared ^a   Landy, Justin F ^a   Goodwin, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Animals; Harmfulness; Intelligence; Moral standing; Patiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HARMFULNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COGNITION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

AGENCY; ANIMALS; HARMFULNESS; INTELLIGENCE; MORAL STANDING; PATIENCY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892879146     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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