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UNINA9910455017503321 |
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Autore |
Wilshire Howard Gordon <1926-> |
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Titolo |
The American West at risk [[electronic resource] ] : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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0-19-756178-0 |
1-281-34185-1 |
9786611341855 |
0-19-972261-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (634 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NielsonJane E |
HazlettRichard W |
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Disciplina |
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Nature conservation - West (U.S.) |
Conservation of natural resources - West (U.S.) |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) |
Land use - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) |
Electronic books. |
West (U.S.) Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Once and future trees -- Harvesting the future -- Raiding the range -- Digging to China -- Routes of ruin -- Legacies of war -- Creating the nuclear wasteland -- No habitat but our own -- The last drops -- Garbage of the golden west -- Tragedy of the playground -- Driving to the end of America's birthright -- Nature's way. |
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The American West at Risk summarises the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health. |
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UNINA9910971186803321 |
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Autore |
Dorsey Dale <1976-> |
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The basic minimum : a welfarist approach / / Dale Dorsey |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-107-23060-8 |
1-107-08682-5 |
1-280-48574-4 |
1-139-23310-6 |
9786613580726 |
1-139-23088-3 |
1-139-22942-7 |
1-139-06208-5 |
1-139-23233-9 |
1-139-23387-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Political ethics |
Basic needs - Philosophy |
Political science - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- 1. On the concept (and some conceptions) of the basic minimum -- 2. A welfarist basic minimum -- 3. Adaptive preferences -- 4. The intrinsic value of the basic minimum -- 5. Against rights -- 6. On objections to welfarism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A common presupposition in contemporary moral and political philosophy is that individuals should be provided with some basic threshold of goods, capabilities, or well-being. But if there is such a basic minimum, how should this be understood? Dale Dorsey offers an underexplored answer: that the basic minimum should be characterized not as the achievement of a set of capabilities, or as access to some specified bundle of resources, but as the maintenance of a minimal threshold of human welfare. In addition, Dorsey argues |
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that though political institutions should be committed to the promotion of this minimal threshold, we should reject approaches that seek to cast the basic minimum as a human right. His book will be important for all who are interested in theories of political morality. |
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