Sieges, shipwrecks, and sensible knaves: Justice and utility in Butler and Hume

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-280

  Bowlin, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquinas; Butler; Convention; Hume; Justice; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049356459     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00046     Document Type: Review

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