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Moral duty or moral defence? The effects of perceiving shared humanity with the victims of ingroup perpetrated harm

  1. Thomas A. Morton1,*,
  2. Tom Postmes2

Article first published online: 8 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.751

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European Journal of Social Psychology

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 127–134, February 2011

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Morton, T. A. and Postmes, T. (2011), Moral duty or moral defence? The effects of perceiving shared humanity with the victims of ingroup perpetrated harm. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 41: 127–134. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.751

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  1. 1

    University of Exeter, UK

  2. 2

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

*School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 JAN 2011
  2. Article first published online: 8 MAY 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 FEB 2010
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 JAN 2010

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  • ESRC research fellowship. Grant Number: RES 000-27-0050

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