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Running Head: MORAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INFORMATION ETHICS

MORAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INFORMATION ETHICS:

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE AND THE COMPONENTS OF

MORAL ACTION IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Charles R Cr!"ell

Department of Psyco!o"y an# Comp$ter App!%cat%ons Pro"ram

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Dar0ia Nar$ae2 and Anna G!(3erg

Department of Psyco!o"y& #ni$ersi%& !' N!%re Da(e

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s&nergis%i0 in'luen0es !' 7e& 'a0%!rs in0luding sensi%i$i%&) 8udg(en%) (!%i$a%i!n) and

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