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What’s wrong with human extinction?

Elizabeth Finneron-BurnsUniversity of Warwick, Politics & International Studies, Coventry, UK;Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 327-343 | Received 15 Jan 2016, Accepted 29 Dec 2016, Published online: 16 Jan 2017

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