Duties Regarding Nature: A Kantian Approach to Environmental Ethics
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Kant Yearbook
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1868-4602,1868-4599
DOI: 10.1515/kantyb.2012.143