The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin

• Autore: Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.>
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2; 363.91
• Soggetto topico: Population - Environmental aspects; Quality of life
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-163) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Pursuit of Objectivity; 2 Tertullian's Blessing; 3 How to Lie with Learned Words; 4 Foundations of Activist Science: By Right or By Default?; 5 The Stormy Marriage of Economics and Ecology; 6 Consequentialism: Nature's Morality; 7 Natural Selection: God's Choice; 8 Altruism; 9 Coercion; 10 Diseconomies of Scale: Ostrich Myopia; 11 The Dream of One World; 12 Russell's Theorem; 13 A Martian View of Malthus; 14 Equity, Equality, and Affirmative Action; 15 Multiculturalism: For and Against; 16 Ambivalent Value of Growth; 17 The Extended Reach of Gresham's Law ; 18 Summary: Can Our Ostriches Find the Will?Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Garrett Hardin addresses the arguments from economists about continued ""sustainable"" growth. This text seeks to lay out the practical steps that humankind must take quite early in the 21st century for the long-term survival of civilization.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ostrich factor
• ISBN: 1-280-53005-7; 0-19-535270-X; 0-585-11195-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455995203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II