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Two Cheers for Meno: The Definition of the Virtues

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  1. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

    Edmund L. Pincoffs

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  1. Theology and Ethics, Institute of Religion, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Earl E. Shelp Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member) (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member)

  2. Medical Ethics, Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Earl E. Shelp Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member) (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member)

  3. Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Earl E. Shelp Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member) (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Member)

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Pincoffs, E.L. (1985). Two Cheers for Meno: The Definition of the Virtues. In: Shelp, E.E. (eds) Virtue and Medicine. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5229-4_6

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