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Moral Suasion

By: Joseph Dewey
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
Edited by: Scott C. Martin
Subject:Social & Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Consumption, Sociology of Culture

Moral suasion refers to a method for influencing behavior that uses argument, example, and exhortation, and appeals to virtue rather than coercion or law. Moral suasion appeals to an individual's or group's supposedly innate sense of morality, religion, or social responsibility. ...

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  Dewey, J. (2015). Moral suasion. In S. C. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 882-883). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n338
  
  Dewey, Joseph. "Moral Suasion." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, edited by Martin, Scott C., 882-83. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n338.
  
  Dewey, J. 2015. Moral Suasion. In: Scott C. Martin Editor, 2015. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 882-883 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n338> [Accessed 22 Jun 2021].
  
  Dewey, Joseph. "Moral Suasion." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives. Edited by Scott C. Martin. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015, pp. 882-83. SAGE Knowledge. 22 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n338.
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