Responsibility as a virtue

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-470

  Williams, Garrath ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Agency; Institutions; Liberalism; Responsibility; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349106813     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-008-9109-7     Document Type: Article

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