Individual Rights versus Common Security? Christian Moral Reasoning about Torture
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Studies in Christian Ethics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0953-9468,1745-5235
DOI: 10.1177/0953946813509333