Morals and their ironies

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-388

  Smith, Ruth L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alienation; Humor; Irony; Liberalism; Reinhold Niebuhr; Richard Rorty; Social criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949863167     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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