Virtue ethics in practice: The Greenbrier Academy

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-42

  Slife, Brent D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Ontology; Psychotherapy; Relationality; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874677880     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026443     Document Type: Article

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