Comparative religious ethics and the problem of "human nature"

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-224

  Stalnaker, Aaron ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Augustine; Christian ethics; Comparative ethics; Confucian ethics; Human nature; Mencius; Moral development; Person; Xunzi

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649087456     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2005.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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