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Moral Cognition

Moral Cognition is the cognitive process of reasoning about moral content and making evaluative judgments regarding right and wrong, distinct from mere emotional or social responses, within the domains of moral development, psychology, social cognition, and neuroscience.

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The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment.

Jonathan Haidt · Psychological Review · 2001 · 7.9K citations

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An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment

Joshua D. Greene, R. Brian Sommerville, Leigh E. Nystrom et al. · Science · 2001 · 4.6K citations

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Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion

Paul Rozin, Edward B. Royzman · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2001 · 4.3K citations

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Moral Identity and Developmental Theory

Daniel K. Lapsley · Human Development · 2015 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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The Moral Basis of a Backward Society.

Edward C. Banfield · Economica · 1959 · 3.2K citations

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  1. LY
    Liane Young

    Boston College, United States

    51 publications · 9.3K citations

    34

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  2. LJ
    Lawrence J. Walker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    40 publications · 3.6K citations

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  3. FC
    Fiery Cushman

    Harvard University, United States

    35 publications · 9.1K citations

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  4. LK
    Lawrence Kohlberg

    Harvard University Press, United States

    30 publications · 9.1K citations

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  5. JD
    Jean Decety

    University of Chicago, United States

    33 publications · 3.9K citations

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Institutions

2.2K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    64 h-index

    202 publications

    46.9K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    46 h-index

    131 publications

    12.2K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    43 h-index

    89 publications

    11.3K citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    43 h-index

    127 publications

    19.2K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    42 h-index

    121 publications

    9.7K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    41 h-index

    91 publications

    13.4K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    126 publications

    9K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    37 h-index

    131 publications

    12.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    119 publications · 24.3K citations

    65

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  2. Child Development

    116 publications · 9.4K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 90 publications · 18.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Business Ethics

    92 publications · 6.3K citations

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  5. Journal of Moral Education

    177 publications · 10.1K citations

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