Ambitions

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Pettigrove, Glen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambition; Industriousness; Structuring a life; Vice; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847276215     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-006-9044-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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