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Book Title: Valuing Life
Number of Pages: 306 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Valuing Life
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Science
Author: John Kleinig
Item Length: 10.5 in
Series: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy Ser.
Item Width: 7.8 in
Format: Hardcover
