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Cognitive Psychology of Moral Intuitions

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Neurobiology of Human Values

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Kahneman, D., Sunstein, C.R. (2005). Cognitive Psychology of Moral Intuitions. In: Changeux, JP., Damasio, A.R., Singer, W., Christen, Y. (eds) Neurobiology of Human Values. Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29803-7_8

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