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What is morality and why does it exist? Historically, morality has been a set of norms that regulated human behavior and promoted survival of groups of human beings.Today, human beings have very sophisticated, large scale societies and advanced technologies. The world which they have carved for them...

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Main Author: Savulescu, Julian (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2011
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 37, Issue: 10, Pages: 581
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