From the immune self to moral agency. Comments

Avant: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 3 (1):101-105 (2012)
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Author comments on the changes in the philosophy of immunology that have occurred since the publication of his book The Immune Self: Theory or Metaphor?, as well as on the dangers, misunderstandings and expectations in this area. Finally, he presents his account of moral agency in the context of his own works discussing this question.

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