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Reciprocal altruism and the biological basis of ethics in Neo-Confucianism

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    Donald J. Munro (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Chinese)

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Munro, D.J. Reciprocal altruism and the biological basis of ethics in Neo-Confucianism. Dao 1, 131–141 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02857092

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