Kant's defense of human moral status

Journal of the History of Philosophy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-101

  Kain, Patrick ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1353/hph.0.0083     Document Type: Review

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