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Beyond spaceship earth : environmental ethics and the solar system

Title
Beyond spaceship earth : environmental ethics and the solar system / Eugene C. Hargrove, editor.
Publication
San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, ©1986.

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Additional Authors
Hargrove, Eugene C., 1944-
Description
xv, 336 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
Subject
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • Environmental protection > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Environmental ethics
  • Environmental impact statements
  • Solar system > Exploration > Environmental aspects
  • Environnement > Études d'impact
  • Éthique de l'environnement
  • environmental impact statements
  • Environmental impact statements
  • Environmental ethics
  • Discoveries in geography > Environmental aspects
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • Environmental protection Moral and ethical aspects
  • Weltraumforschung
  • Umweltethik
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Sonnensystem
  • Outer space > Exploration > Environmental aspects
  • Espace extra-atmosphérique > Exploration > Aspect de l'environnement
  • Outer space
  • Sonnensystem
  • Outer space Exploration Environmental aspects
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 327-330.
Contents
[1.] Introduction: Beyond spaceship Earth / Eugene C. Hargrove -- [2.] The social dimension: The arguments against space exploration / David Brin -- Space and society / T. Stephen Cheston -- [3.] Scientific and technological issues: Earth orbital pollution / Donald J. Kessler -- The commercial/industrial uses of space / Radford Byerly, Jr. -- The exploration and utilization of the planets / Geoffrey A. Briggs -- [4.] Philosophical and environmental perspectives: Space exploration and environmental issues / William K. Hartmann -- The preservation of natural value in the solar system / Holmes Rolston, III -- Wilderness and space / Paul F. Uhlir and William P. Bishop -- Environmental ethics and extraterrestrial ecosystems / Frank B. Golley -- Moral considerability and extraterrestrial life / J. Baird Callicott -- [5.] The human dimension: The social and physical environment of space stations and colonies / Paul C. Rambaut -- Consent to risk in space / Norman Daniels -- Theology and space / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- [6.] The political dimension: Star wars: the nuclear/military uses of space / Dean Rusk.
ISBN
  • 0871567687
  • 9780871567680
LCCN
86003946
OCLC
  • ocm13331461
  • 13331461
  • SCSB-1156301
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library