Genetic influences on moral capacity: What genetic mutants can teach US

Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 77-96

  Boniolo, Giovanni ^a   Vezzoni, Paolo ^b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84858706950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511498428.007     Document Type: Chapter

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