Defining evil: Insights from the problem of "dirty hands"

Monist

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 210-238

  De Wijze, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14544278707     PISSN: 00269662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/monist200285212     Document Type: Article

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