Agents, Structures and Evil in World Politics

International Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 498-509

  lu, Catherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

agents; causal responsibility; evil; moral responsibility; structures; tragedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248052037     PISSN: 00471178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047117804048493     Document Type: Article

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