Under Darwin’s Cosh? Neo-Aristotelian Thinking in Environmental Ethics
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Under Darwin’s Cosh? Neo-Aristotelian Thinking in Environmental Ethics
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عنوان ژورنال: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1358-2461,1755-3555
DOI: 10.1017/s1358246105056122