The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin
| The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin |
| Autore | Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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. |
| ISBN |
1-280-53005-7
0-19-535270-X 0-585-11195-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455995203321 |
Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.>
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin
| The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin |
| Autore | Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
| ISBN |
0-19-770218-X
1-280-53005-7 0-19-535270-X 0-585-11195-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778632803321 |
Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.>
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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