The Environment in question : ethics and global issues / / editors, David E. Cooper, Joy A. Palmer
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| Titolo: |
The Environment in question : ethics and global issues / / editors, David E. Cooper, Joy A. Palmer
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 179/.1 |
| 1791 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental ethics |
| Environmental protection | |
| Altri autori: |
CooperDavid E <1942-> (David Edward)
PalmerJoy <1951->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Editors' preface; 1 What do we owe future generations?; 2 The problem of absolute poverty: What are our moral obligations to the destitute?; 3 Towards a more humane view of the beasts?; 4 The ethics of tourism; 5 The dumping of radioactive waste in the deep ocean: Scientific advice and ideological persuasion; 6 The ocean environment: Marine development, problems and pollution; 7 Destruction of the rain forests: Principles or practices?; 8 Environment and water resources in the arid zone |
| 9 Air pollution—with special reference to acid rain, the greenhouse effect and ozone layer depletion 10 Challenges in environmental ethics; 11 Responsibility, ethics and nature; 12 The idea of environment; 13 Towards a sustainable future; 14 Recovering the real meaning of sustainability; 15 Technological risk: A budget of distinctions; 16 Thinking, believing and persuading: Some issues for environmental activists; 17 Rethinking resour | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Contributors from the UK, USA, Australia and India from a variety of disciplines write on the practical and theoretical issues surrounding the environmental debate. This book is a key introduction to this topical area. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Environment in question |
| ISBN: | 1-134-94391-1 |
| 1-134-94392-X | |
| 1-280-15097-1 | |
| 0-203-98442-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784693103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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