Moral disengagement and morality shifting in the context of collective violence

Social Cognition Social Identity and Intergroup Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 319-338

  Castano, Emanuele ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84904725676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203816790     Document Type: Chapter

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