Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness Are Foundations of Morality

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Haidt, Jonathan ^a   Graham, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Community; Durkheim; Durkheimians; Hypothetical societies; Moral foundations theory; Sacredness; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920465611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.015     Document Type: Chapter

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