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Chapter 7 - Religion, Violence, and the Brain: a Neuroethical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2019

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Alberto Carrara
Edited by
Donatella Marazziti  and
Stephen M. Stahl
Donatella Marazziti
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Pisa
Stephen M. Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Evil, Terrorism and Psychiatry , pp. 68 - 77
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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