Autore	De-Shalit Avner
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (178 p.)
Disciplina	363.7
Collana	Environmental philosophies series
Soggetto topico	Environmental policy Environmental ethics
ISBN	1-134-85648-2 1-134-85649-0 1-280-14842-X 0-203-98064-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; WHY POSTERITY MATTERS: Environmental policies and future generations; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE TRANSGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY; 2 APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY; 3 THE UTILITARIAN THEORY AND THE NOT-YET-BORN; 4 CONTRACTARIAN THEORIES OF INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE; 5 RIGHTS OF FUTURE PEOPLE; 6 SUMMARY AND OPEN QUESTIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Autore	De-Shalit Avner
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (178 p.)
Disciplina	363.7
Collana	Environmental philosophies series
Soggetto topico	Environmental policy Environmental ethics
ISBN	1-134-85648-2 1-134-85649-0 1-280-14842-X 0-203-98064-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; WHY POSTERITY MATTERS: Environmental policies and future generations; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE TRANSGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY; 2 APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY; 3 THE UTILITARIAN THEORY AND THE NOT-YET-BORN; 4 CONTRACTARIAN THEORIES OF INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE; 5 RIGHTS OF FUTURE PEOPLE; 6 SUMMARY AND OPEN QUESTIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910817457103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Washington, D.C., : IOS Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (280 p.)
Disciplina	333.72
Altri autori (Persone)	ArgyriadesDemetrios <1933-> Pichardo PagazaIgnacio
Collana	International Institute of Administrative Sciences monographs
Soggetto topico	Environmental degradation - Prevention Environmental ethics Environmental policy - International cooperation Environmental protection - Moral and ethical aspects Nature - Effect of human beings on
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	661207065X 1-282-07065-7 9786612070655 1-4416-0557-6 600-00-1269-1 1-60750-397-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Title page; Preface; Foreword - A Global Public Service; Contents; Part I. The Human Factor in Governance: A Global Public Service; Introduction; Chapter I. Global Governance: Prospects and Challenges; Chapter II. Human Factor and Human Resources Development; Chapter III. Developing Global Public Servants for Good Governance and Sustainable Development; Chapter IV. Beyond Efficiency and Effectiveness: The Significance of Ethics and Spiritual Dimension of Service; Part II. Regional Perspectives; Chapter V. Leadership Capacity Development Perspectives in Africa Chapter VI. Administration of the Arab State: Synthesising Diverse TraditionsChapter VII. The South Asian Administrative Systems: Heritage and Challenges; Chapter VIII. Servidores Publicos Latinoamericanos Para el Siglo XXI; Chapter IX. Le Facteur Humain Dans la Gouvernance Globale : Une Perspective europeenne; Chapter X. A Global Public Service Towards the World We Could Win: Conclusions and Recommendations; Part III. Abstracts - Resumes- Abstractos; Abstracts in English; Resumes en Francais; Abstractos en Espanol; About the Authors; Author Index
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (354 p.)
Disciplina	300
Altri autori (Persone)	KibertCharles J
Collana	Wiley Series in Sustainable Design
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development Environmental ethics Environmental economics
ISBN	1-118-10589-3 1-283-43218-8 9786613432186 1-118-10603-2
Classificazione	ARC000000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Working toward Sustainability; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; MAKING CONNECTIONS; SHIFTING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY; THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK; Chapter 1 A Context for Sustainability; THE RATIONALE FOR SUSTAINABILITY; Sustainability Interlude; A Response to a Crisis; CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES; Population and Consumption; Climate Change; Nonrenewable Resource Depletion; Loss of Biodiversity; Overfishing; Eutrophication; Desertification and Acidification; Poverty; Ecosystem Services and Quality of Life; THE ETHICAL CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY; THE THREE-LEG MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCLUSIONChapter 2 The Technology Challenge; OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY; Defining Technology; A Brief History of Technology; THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX; Technological Optimism versus Technological Pessimism; Developing a More Nuanced View of the Impacts of Technology; CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY; Predicting Consequences of Technology; Reducing the Uncertainty of Technology; Technology Risk Assessment, Acceptance, and Management; ALTERNATIVE, APPROPRIATE, AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 3 Introduction to Ethical Concepts RELIGIOUS ETHICSCommon Ideals; Views of Human Nature; SECULAR AND PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICAL TRADITIONS; Justice; Deontological Ethics; Rights; Consequentialist Ethics; Objectivism and Ethical Relativism; Objectivism and Relativism in Sustainability; ETHICS AS A TOOL FOR MAKING DECISIONS; Framing Ethical Problems; Conflicting Values; THE THREE LEGS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Social Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Economic Ethics; Integrating the Three Legs; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Social Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND RECIPROCITY; The Golden Rule; Ethics of Care DISTRIBUTIONAL PRINCIPLESDistribution in a Just Society; Distributing Disadvantages; EXPLORING INTERDEPENDENCE; Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Life on Spaceship Earth; Environmental Justice; OBLIGATIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS; Intergenerational Justice; A Look Back at Looking Forward; Future Quality of Life; Beyond Seven Generations; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Environmental Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; The Birth of Modern Environmental Ethics; Environmentalism Becomes Mainstream; Undertones of the Sacred; RELIGION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Religion and NatureGreening Religion; ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Development of Ecology; CARICATURES OF NATURE; A Closer World; CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Getting the Scale of Ethics Right; Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Social Ecology; Pluralistic Approaches; Bioregionalism; The New Agrarian Movement; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND NONHUMAN ANIMALS; Making a Case for the Individual; Mixed Communities; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Identifying Values; Emphasizing Human Priorities; CONCLUSION Chapter 6 Economic Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics
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