The desire to maintain the social order and the right to economic freedom: Two distinct moral pathways to climate change scepticism

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-47

  Rossen, Isabel L ^a   Dunlop, Patrick D ^a   Lawrence, Carmen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change scepticism; Liberty; Moral foundations theory; Political ideology; Social conservatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923370364     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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