Bad actions or bad outcomes? Differentiating affective contributions to the moral condemnation of harm

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 573-587

  Miller, Ryan M ^a   Hannikainen, Ivar A ^b   Cushman, Fiery A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Aversion; Empathy; Harm; Morality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORAL CONDEMNATION OF HARMFUL BEHAVIOR; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; AFFECT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIVIDUALITY; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84901830630     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035361     Document Type: Article

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