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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456037003321

Autore

O'Neill John <1956, >

Titolo

Ecology, policy, and politics : human well-being and the natural world / / John O'Neill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-90703-6

1-280-32109-1

0-203-41657-0

0-203-31181-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Environmental Philosophies

Disciplina

333.7

363.7

Soggetti

Animal welfare

Conservation of natural resources

Ecology

Environmental policy

Human ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; HUMAN WELL-BEING AND THE NATURAL WORLD; NATURE, INTRINSIC VALUE AND HUMAN WELL-BEING; FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE HARMS WE DO OURSELVES; THE CONSTITUENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; JUSTIFYING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: ARGUMENTS FROM WELFARE; PLURALISM, LIBERALISM AND THE GOOD LIFE; PLURALISM, INCOMMENSURABILITY, JUDGEMENT; AUTHORITY, DEMOCRACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; SCIENCE, POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE; MARKET, HOUSEHOLD AND POLITICS; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society and politics.