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Punishing hypocrisy: The roles of hypocrisy and moral emotions in deciding culpability and punishment of criminal and civil moral transgressors

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Pages 59-83 | Received 20 Oct 2012, Accepted 25 Apr 2013, Published online: 03 Jun 2013

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