On the Wrong Track: Process and Content in Moral Psychology

Mind and Language

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-545

  Kahane, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868159503     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mila.12001     Document Type: Article

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