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What Hunger-Related Ethics Lessons can we Learn from Religion? Globalization and the World’s Religions

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Gilbert, R.S. (2007). What Hunger-Related Ethics Lessons can we Learn from Religion? Globalization and the World’s Religions. In: Pinstrup-Andersen, P., Sandøe, P. (eds) Ethics, Hunger and Globalization. The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6131-8_5

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