Bridging moral cognition and moral action: A critical review of the literature.
Augusto Blasi·1980·Psychological Bulletin
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
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