Compassion, suffering and the self: A moral psychology of social justice

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-24

  Williams, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Humanism; Peacemaking; Social justice; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949022483     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107084376     Document Type: Article

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