The dawn of science-based moral reasoning

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-8

  Baschetti, Riccardo ^a  

^a Italian State Railways   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICAL THEORY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUP STRUCTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORALITY; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750619865     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.04.035     Document Type: Editorial

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