Reason, emotion, and the problem of world poverty: Moral sentiment theory and international ethics

International Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-178

  Jeffery, Renee ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotion; global poverty; injustice; international ethics; moral judgement; moral sentiment theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860681312     PISSN: 17529719     EISSN: 17529727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1752971910000321     Document Type: Article

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