The Unifying Moral Dyad: Liberals and Conservatives Share the Same Harm-Based Moral Template

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1147-1163

  Schein, Chelsea ^a   Gray, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; moral foundations; moral pluralism; political psychology; values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84936929214     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215591501     Document Type: Article

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