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Opposing torture: Moral conviction and resistance to majority influence

Nicholas P. Aramovich Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Brad L. Lytle David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Linda J. Skitka Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Pages 21-34 | Received 03 Jun 2011, Accepted 31 Oct 2011, Published online: 06 Dec 2011

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