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UNINA9910821079203321 |
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Autore |
Attfield Robin |
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Titolo |
The ethics of the global environment / / Robin Attfield |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental ethics |
Global environmental change - Moral and ethical aspects |
Environmental responsibility - Moral and ethical aspects |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND VALUES; CHAPTER 1 NATURE AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER 2 GLOBAL ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; CHAPTER 3 TRUSTEES OF THE PLANET; CHAPTER 4 THE ETHICS OF EXTINCTION; PART II APPLICATIONS AND ISSUES; CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE; CHAPTER 6 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 7 POPULATION AND POVERTY; CHAPTER 8 BIODIVERSITY AND PRESERVATION; PART III GLOBAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP; CHAPTER 9 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND WORLD ORDER |
CHAPTER 10 SUSTAINABILITY: PERSPECTIVES AND PRINCIPLESCHAPTER 11 THE ETHICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; CHAPTER 12 WORLD CITIZENSHIP IN A PRECARIOUS WORLD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This fully updated and expanded textbook looks at issues including climate change, sustainable development and biodiversity preservation, and sensitively addresses global developments such as the Summits at Durban on climate and at Nagoya on biodiversity. |
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