Innocent Fun or "Microslavery"?: AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOTIC GAMES

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 38-46

  Harvey, Hayden ^a   Havard, Molly ^a   Magnus, David ^a   Cho, Mildred K ^a   Riedel Kruse, Ingmar H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; RECREATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84920884341     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.386     Document Type: Article

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