A Person-Centered Approach to Moral Judgment

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-81

  Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^a   Pizarro, David A ^b   Diermeier, Daniel ^c  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

informational value; moral character; moral judgments; signaling; virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS;

EID: 84921488711     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614556679     Document Type: Article

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