Moral Reasoning in a Multicultural Society: Moral Inclusion and Moral Exclusion

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Passini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 78649420941     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2010.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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