Altruism, Pathology, and Culture

Pathological Altruism

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Traphagan, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cultural relativism; Culture; Good and evil; Moral relativism; Moral value; Pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921626396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738571.003.0190     Document Type: Chapter

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