The Moral Relevance of Addiction

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Husak, Douglas N ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Blame; Compulsion; Craving; Virtue; Voluntariness

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 1842459363     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120029984     Document Type: Review

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