Absence and the unfond heart: Why people are less giving than they might be

The Ethics of Assistance: Morality and the Distant Needy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 75-98

  Lichtenberg, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84866748091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511817663.006     Document Type: Chapter

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