Actual-consequence act utilitarianism and the best possible humans

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Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-62

  Miller, Dale E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847283476     PISSN: 00340006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9329.00205     Document Type: Article

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