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Current controversies and irresolvable disagreement: the case of Vincent Lambert and the role of ‘dissensus’
- Correspondence to Professor Dominic Wilkinson, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; dominic.wilkinson{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Current controversies and irresolvable disagreement: the case of Vincent Lambert and the role of ‘dissensus’
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- Received June 12, 2019
- Revised July 10, 2019
- Accepted July 12, 2019
- First published August 8, 2019.
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October 15, 2019
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