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Virtuous violence from the war room to death row

View ORCID ProfilePaul Slovic, C. K. Mertz, View ORCID ProfileDavid M. Markowitz, View ORCID ProfileAndrew Quist, and Daniel Västfjäll
PNAS August 25, 2020 117 (34) 20474-20482; first published August 10, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001583117
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vol. 117 no. 34 20474-20482
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001583117
PubMed: 
32778580

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue August 25, 2020.
  • Published first August 10, 2020.

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  1. Paul Slovica,b,1,
  2. C. K. Mertza,
  3. David M. Markowitzc,
  4. Andrew Quista, and
  5. Daniel Västfjälla,d
  1. aDecision Research, Eugene, OR 97401;
  2. bDepartment of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403;
  3. cSchool of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403;
  4. dDivision of Psychology, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
  1. Contributed by Paul Slovic, May 28, 2020 (sent for review February 18, 2020; reviewed by Rose McDermott and Scott D. Sagan)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: pslovic{at}uoregon.edu.
  • Author contributions: P.S. and D.V. designed research; P.S. performed research; P.S., C.K.M., D.M.M., A.Q., and D.V. analyzed data; and P.S., D.M.M., A.Q., and D.V. wrote the paper.

  • Reviewers: R.M., Brown University; and S.D.S., Stanford University.

  • The authors declare no competing interest.

  • This article contains supporting information online at https://www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.2001583117/-/DCSupplemental.

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