Possible persons and the problems of posterity

Environmental Values

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-179

  Grey, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duty to posterity; Future persons; Parfit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037974233     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327196776679366     Document Type: Article

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