The illusion of moral decline.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Historique:
received: 11 07 2022
accepted: 26 04 2023
medline: 23 6 2023
pubmed: 8 6 2023
entrez: 7 6 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Anecdotal evidence indicates that people believe that morality is declining

Identifiants

pubmed: 37286595
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06137-x
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06137-x
pmc: PMC10284688
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

782-789

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Adam M Mastroianni (AM)

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. adam.m.mastroianni@gmail.com.

Daniel T Gilbert (DT)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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