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- ↑ "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ↑ Vetlesen, Arne Johan (2005). Evil and Human Agency. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. Introduction and Table of Contents.
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