Li in the Analects: Training in moral competence and the question of flexibility

Philosophy East and West

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-83

  Lai, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 38149029517     PISSN: 00318221     EISSN: 15291898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pew.2006.0001     Document Type: Article

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