A preliminary case for amnesic selves: Toward a clinical moral psychology

Social Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-473

  Craver, Carl F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865739017     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.4.449     Document Type: Article

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