Disentangling Reasons and Rationalizations: Exploring Perceived Fairness in Hypothetical Societies

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mitchell, Gregory ^a   Tetlock, Philip E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Hypothetical societies; Ideologies; Rationalization; Subterranean motive; Transparent motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920476232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.006     Document Type: Chapter

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