MORAL RESPONSIBILITY, FREEDOM, AND ALTERNATE POSSIBILITIES
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0279-0750
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.1982.tb00103.x