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L’Influence de l’odeur des croissants chauds sur la bonté humaine

© 2011 Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle

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E-ISBN 978-0-231-53924-1

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Ogien, Ruwen.

[Influence de l’odeur des croissants chauds sur la bonté humaine. English]

Human kindness and the smell of warm croissants : an introduction to ethics /

Ruwen Ogien; translated by Martin Thom.

    pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-16922-6 (cloth : alk paper) —

ISBN 978-0-231-16923-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-231-53924-1 (e-book)

1. Ethics. I. Title.

BJ1063.03413 2015

170—dc23

2014037136

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