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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145276503321

Autore

Bromley Daniel W

Titolo

Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy [[electronic resource] ] : Contested Choices

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008

ISBN

1-281-30966-4

9786611309664

0-470-69367-3

0-470-69292-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PaavolaJouni

Disciplina

179.1

333.7

Soggetti

Economic aspects

Environmental economics

Environmental policy

Moral and ethical aspects

Business

Environmental Studies

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Contested Choices; Part II Economics,Ethics,and Policy Choices; 2 Are Choices Tradeoffs?; 3 The Ignorance Argument:What Must We Know to be Fair to the Future?; 4 Bene .t –Cost Considerations Should be Decisive When There is Nothing More Important at Stake; 5 Environmental Policy as a Process of Reasonable Valuing; Part III Ethical Concerns and Policy Goals; 6 Rethinking the Choice and Performance of Environmental Policies

7 What Should We Do with Inconsistent,Nonwelfaristic,and Undeveloped Preferences?8 Awkward Choices:Economics and Nature Conservation; Part IV Ethical Dimensions of Policy Consequences; 9 All Environmental



Policy Instruments Require a Moral Choice as to Whose Interests Count; 10 Ef .cient or Fair:Ethical Paradoxes in Environmental Policy; 11 Trading with the Enemy?Examining North –South Perspectives in the Climate Change Deba

Sommario/riassunto

Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems.