Saving character

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-491

  Wielenberg, Erik J ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Character; Doris; Kant; Situationism; Social psychology; Socrates; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751087220     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-006-9010-1     Document Type: Article

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