Book Review: Leland B. Yeager, Ethics as Social Science

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Robert P. Murphy

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In this article, Robert P. Murphy reviews Leland B. Yeager’s Ethics as Social Science: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation.

Volume 16, Number 1 (2002)

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Murphy, Robert P. “Book Review: Leland B. Yeager, Ethics as Social Science: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 16, No. 1 (2002): 106–114.

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