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Introduction to Ethical Studies Introduction to Ethical Studies An Open Source Reader Lee Archie John G. Archie Copyright © 2003 by Lee Archie; John G. Archie GDFL The current version, Version 0.11, of this open source textbook in philosophy is a work-in-progress and is being released in draft form. The collaborators would be grateful for corrections or other suggestions to this preliminary draft. Please address comments to [email protected] . Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License." Image Credits American Sociological Association. Charles A. Ellwood. Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library. University of Pennsylvania. 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