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Choosing Our Children

The Uneasy Alliance of Law and Ethics in John Robertson’s Thought

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Lebacqz, K. (2005). Choosing Our Children. In: Galston, A.W., Peppard, C.Z. (eds) Expanding Horizons in Bioethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3062-2_8

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