How to think seriously about the planet [[electronic resource] ] : the case for an environmental conservatism / / Roger Scruton

• Autore: Scruton Roger
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7201
• Soggetto topico: Environmental ethics; Conservation of natural resources - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ScrutonRoger
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: Green philosophy.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Local warming -- Global alarming -- The search for salvation -- Radical precaution -- Market solutions and homeostasis -- The moral economy -- Heimat and habitat -- Beauty, piety, and desecration -- Getting nowhere -- Begetting somewhere -- Modest proposals.
• Sommario/riassunto: The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution.In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most important political problem of our time. The environmental movement, he contends, is philosophically confused and has unrealistic agendas. Its sights are directed at the largescale events and the
• Titolo autorizzato: How to think seriously about the planet
• ISBN: 1-280-59574-4; 9786613625571; 0-19-989558-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910660342803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II