Valuing different human lives

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 778-803

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equality; Moral value; Rights; Scarce resources; Valuing human lives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897515955     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032796     Document Type: Article

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