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What We Owe to Each Other

T. M. Scanlon

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$34.00 • £29.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674004238

Publication Date: 11/15/2000

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432 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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T. M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

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