Moral licensing, instrumental apology and insincerity aversion: Taking Immanuel Kant to the lab

Khalil, EL; Feltovich, N

Khalil, EL (reprint author), Monash Univ, Monash Business Sch, Dept Econ, Clayton, Vic, Australia.

PLOS ONE, 2018; 13 (11):

Abstract

Moral licensing, equivalently called "self-licensing", is the instrumental use of a Good Act to cover up a Bad Act. This paper's thesis is that "instr......

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