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1122:Cicero
1063:Virtue
996:Rights
921:Honour
778:Jewish
574:Sexual
482:Animal
464:Virtue
408:Ethics
348:
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44:pinyin
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24:family
1554:Index
1316:Works
1287:Adams
1282:Nagel
1237:Dewey
1232:Rawls
1212:Barth
1207:Moore
1172:Hegel
1147:Xunzi
1102:Plato
1092:Laozi
1073:Wrong
1046:Japan
1036:Value
1031:Trust
926:Ideal
793:Stoic
544:Media
529:Legal
1267:Hare
1227:Foot
1187:Mill
1167:Kant
1162:Hume
1142:Mozi
1058:Vice
976:Norm
904:Evil
899:Good
859:Duty
599:Meta
522:Land
449:Role
434:Care
346:ISBN
325:2012
312:ISBN
282:ISBN
255:ISBN
221:ISBN
147:and
139:and
94:xiao
40:三綱五常
1068:Vow
798:Tao
492:Bio
120:xin
92:or
72:).
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235:^
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128:li
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393:t
386:v
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