Global Justice and Practice-Dependence: Conventionalism, Institutionalism, Functionalism
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Global health and global justice
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Political Philosophy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0963-8016
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9760.2010.00373.x