Risk and virtue ethics

Handbook of Risk Theory: Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, and Social Implications of Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 833-856

  Ross, Allison ^a   Athanassoulis, Nafsika ^b  

^a London   (United Kingdom)

^b Oswestry   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84912036528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1433-5_33     Document Type: Chapter

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