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Original Articles

Religious factors in moral decision-making: Towards an integrated, socio-cultural, developmental, model

Factores religiosos en la toma de decisiones morales: hacia un modelo integrado sociocultural evolutivo

Pages 147-161 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014

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