The Moral Behaviour of Ethicists: Peer Opinion.
If philosophical moral reflection tends to improve moral behaviour, one might expect that professional ethicists will, on average, behave morally better than non-ethicists. One potential source of insight into the moral behaviour of ethicists is philosophers’ opinions about ethicists’ behaviour. At...
| Publicado en: | Mind (0026-4423) Vol. 118; no. 472; pp. 1043 - 1060 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2009
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