From Gulf to Bridge: When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1665-1681

  Feinberg, Matthew ^a   Willer, Robb ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

empathy; influence; moral psychology; political polarization; political psychology

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946830394     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215607842     Document Type: Article

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