Can moral obligations be empirically discovered?

Midwest Studies in Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 271-291

  Prinz, Jesse J ^a  

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EID: 61049083855     PISSN: 03636550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4975.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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