A set of solutions to Parfit's problems

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 214-238

  Rachels, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/0029-4624.00294     Document Type: Article

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