Ethical decision-making: A case for the triple font theory

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-410

  Arjoon, Surendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Ethical theories; Formal and material cooperation; Practical judgment; Principle of Double Effect; Triple Font Theory; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847706981     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9142-1     Document Type: Review

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