Are emotions necessary and sufficient for making moral judgments?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: ethic@ - An international Journal for Moral Philosophy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1677-2954,1677-2954
DOI: 10.5007/1677-2954.2013v12n1p113