Altruism: New perspectives of research on a classical theme in sociology of morality

Current Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 797-813

  Bykov, Andrey ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altruism; altruistic behavior; moral norms; morality; social norms; sociology of morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029529874     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392116657861     Document Type: Review

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