The Perversion of Virtue

The Perversion of Virtue
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780199334551
ISBN-13 : 0199334552
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Book Synopsis The Perversion of Virtue by : Thomas Joiner

Download or read book The Perversion of Virtue written by Thomas Joiner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Perversion of Virtue, suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that 'true' murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtues.


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