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Transgenerational association: extending the notion of the person - RETRACTION1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2009

Abstract

This paper develops the idea of transgenerational association. It addresses intrapersonal distributions of wellbeing over time. It develops the notion of temporal distributions between generations, and posits that it is possible to overcome the problems that obstruct ethical individualism. It argues that corporate personality allows us to compare distributions between generations to distributions between the stages of one person.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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Footnotes

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The author is grateful to Dr Felicia Herrschaft of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and Dr Magnus Ryan of Peterhouse, Cambridge for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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