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2 - Moral motivation

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from Part I - Motivations for dishonesty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
C. Daniel Batson
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Jan-Willem van Prooijen  and
Paul A. M. van Lange
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Affiliation:
VU University Amsterdam
Paul A. M. van Lange
Affiliation:
VU University Amsterdam
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Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment
The Roots of Dishonesty
 , pp. 15 - 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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