Religiosity, Political Orientation, and Consequentialist Moral Thinking

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 334-342

  Piazza, Jared ^a   Sousa, Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consequentialist thinking; deontology; disgust sensitivity; intuitive thinking; moral dumbfounding; moral judgment; political conservatism; religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897808843     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613492826     Document Type: Article

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