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Some idea of the nature of moral philosophy is provided by considering the analogies which philosophers have used over the centuries to explain their aims. This entry will give a brief account of these and then a longer one of the preoccupations of moral philosophers this century.
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Downie, R.S. (2018). Moral Philosophy. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_841
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