Self-interest, deprivation, and agency: Expanding the capabilities approach

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-167

  Hicks, Douglas A ^a  

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EID: 60949599141     PISSN: 15407942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.5840/jsce200525128     Document Type: Article

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