A feminist ethical perspective on weapons of mass destruction

Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 405-435

  Cohn, Carol ^a   Ruddick, Sara ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84923451544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511606861.023     Document Type: Chapter

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