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The Biological Justification of Ethics: A Best-Case Scenario
Social Philosophy and Policy 8 (1):86 (1990)
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Social and behavioral scientists - that is, students of human nature - nowadays hardly ever use the term ‘human nature’. This reticence reflects both a becoming modesty about the aims of their disciplines and a healthy skepticism about whether there is any one thing really worthy of the label ‘human nature’Author's Profile
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