Abstract
Discusses conceptual and empirical issues concerning the relations between moral reasoning and moral action. Two opposite views of the relations between moral cognition and moral action are described; one is an essentially irrational view that emphasizes need and action tendencies, while the other c
Keywords
Bridging (networking)CognitionMoral disengagementPsychologyAction (physics)Social cognitive theory of moralityMoral psychologyMoral reasoningCognitive scienceSocial psychologyEpistemologyNeurosciencePhilosophyComputer science
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- 1980
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- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-45
- Citations
- 1436
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- Closed
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Augusto Blasi
(1980).
Bridging moral cognition and moral action: A critical review of the literature..
Psychological Bulletin
, 88
(1)
, 1-45.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.88.1.1
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- DOI
- 10.1037/0033-2909.88.1.1