Making mountains of morality from molehills of virtue: Threat causes people to overestimate their moral credentials

Journal

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Subject

Organisational Behaviour

Publishing details

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2014 Vol 40:8 p 972-985

Authors / Editors

Effron D A

Biographies

Effron D

Publication Year

2014

Keywords

Moral credentials; Meta-perceptions; Moral licensing; Racial prejudice; Charitable giving; Self; Moral standards; Attribution; Ethics; Motivated reasoning; Threat; Moral identity