Virtue and the altruistic personality

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-166

  Jeffries, Vincent ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032371559     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389357     Document Type: Article

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