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PDFSymposium: Heroes—or just doing their job?
Supererogation and altruism: a comment
- Correspondence to: Professor R S Downie, Department of Philosophy, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland; R.Downie{at}philosophy.arts.gla.ac.uk
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Supererogation and altruism: a comment
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- Accepted November 4, 2001
- Revised September 28, 2001
- First published April 1, 2002.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2002 by the Journals of Medical Ethics
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