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W. D. Ross's prima facie duties and The Right and the Good: publication and reception (1930–1960)

1912 - 1960

Victorian Debates on Moral Character and Virtue (1830–1900)

1833 - 1903

Utilitarianism in Climate Policy and Cost–Benefit Analysis (1960–present)

1981 - 2026

Use of Social Contract Arguments in Decolonization and Postwar Constitutionalism (1945–1975)

1945 - 1976

U.S. policy debates and justifications for the Vietnam War (1954–1975)

1954 - 1975

Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan, State of Nature, and Political Impact (1641–1700)

1640 - 1681

Thomas Aquinas on Cardinal and Theological Virtues (1225–1274)

1225 - 1879

The Nuremberg Trials and legal argumentation about aggressive war (1945–1949)

1943 - 1949

The 2003 Iraq War: legal, moral, and policy controversies (2002–2010)

2002 - 2010

The 19th‑Century British Utilitarian Movement (1800–1900)

1789 - 1900

Stoic Conceptions of Virtue from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius (c. 300 BCE–180 CE)

301 BCE - 180

Samuel Pufendorf and the Secularization of Social Contract Thought (1660–1709)

1660 - 1694

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