Moral Outrage and Opposition to Harm Reduction

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-98

  MacCoun, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Harm reduction; Prohibition; Vice law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872274010     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-012-9154-0     Document Type: Article

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