Explanatory Judgment, Moral Offense and Value-Free Science

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 743-763

  Colombo, Matteo ^a   Bucher, Leandra ^b   Inbar, Yoel ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84995938252     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-015-0282-z     Document Type: Article

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