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Beyond Infanticide: How Psychological Accounts of Persons Can Justify Harming Infants

Daniel RodgerSchool of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bruce P. BlackshawIndependent Philosopher, London, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9115-582X
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Calum MillerUehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-1737
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Pages 106-121 | Published online: 21 Feb 2018

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