Moral reasoning and psychopathic tendencies in the general community

Emotions, Imagination, and Moral Reasoning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-118

  Langdon, Robyn ^a   Delmas, Kristy ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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