Social choice and normative population theory: A person affecting solution to Parfit's mere addition paradox

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 263-282

  Wolf, Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 53349097553     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00372786     Document Type: Article

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