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Moral Rationalization

Moral Rationalization is a cognitive mechanism within the broader class of moral disengagement processes, distinguished by the reframing of unethical behavior as ethically justifiable through the invocation of socially acceptable reasons or higher-order principles.

522

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34.3K

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655

Authors

326

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2017–2026

84

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Publications

522

Sour Grapes. Studies in the Subversion of Rationality.

Mary K. Farmer, Jon Elster · The Economic Journal · 1984 · 1.3K citations

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Lectures on Jurisprudence

James M. Buchanan, Adam M. Smith, Ronald L. Meek et al. · British Journal of Law and Society · 1979 · 1.3K citations

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Mathematical Psychics. An Essay on the Application of Mathematics to the Moral Sciences.

Erich Schneider, F. Y. Edgeworth · Economica · 1935 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Meaning and the Moral Sciences.

Stephen Turner, Hilary Putnam · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1979 · 799 citations

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Philosophical Perspectives 5

Brian Leftow · Faith and Philosophy · 1996 · 766 citations · Full text

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Authors

655

  1. HP
    Hilary Putnam

    Harvard University Press, United States

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

    4

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  2. CD
    C. Daniel Batson

    University of Kansas, United States

    4 publications · 766 citations

    4

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  3. EB
    Edward B. Royzman

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 368 citations

    4

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  4. KB
    Kurt Baier

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    3 publications · 151 citations

    3

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  5. JE
    Jon Elster

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 1.5K citations

    3

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Institutions

326

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    426 citations

  3. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    479 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    411 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    666 citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    633 citations

  7. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    260 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    131 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 34 publications · 4.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Business Ethics

    12 publications · 483 citations

    12

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  3. The Philosophical Review

    10 publications · 491 citations

    10

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  4. Journal of Medical Ethics

    7 publications · 284 citations

    7

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  5. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 7 publications · 295 citations

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