Research Catalog

Title

The Environment in question : ethics and global issues / edited by David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cooper, David E. (David Edward), 1942-
• Palmer-Cooper, Joy A.

Description

xii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

This book provides an introduction to the key environmental debates. By addressing specific global problems and placing them within an ethical context, the collection provides the reader with both theoretical and practical understanding of environmental issues. Emphasis lies not only on scientific facts, but on ethical perspectives -- principles of trust, cooperation, far-sightedness, respect and concern for the future. -- From preface.

Subject

• Environmental ethics
• Environmental ethics
• Humanökologie
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Umweltethik
• Milieuethiek
• Ecologie
• Sociale ecologie
• Milieu
• Ethische aspecten
• Éthique de l'environnement
• Nature > Effets de l'homme
• Nature > Protection
• Écologie humaine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• What do we owe future generations? / Barry S. Gower -- The problem of absolute poverty : what are our moral obligations to the destitute? / Jennifer Trusted -- Towards a more humane view of the beasts? / Mary Midgley -- The ethics of tourism / Robert F. Prosser -- The dumping of radioactive waste in the deep ocean : scientific advice and ideological persuasion / F.G.T. Holliday -- The ocean environment : marine development, problems and pollution / Philip Neal -- Destruction of the rain forests : principles or practices? / Joy A. Palmer -- Environment and water resources in the arid zone / Robert Allison -- Air pollution : with special reference to acid rain, the greenhouse effect and ozone layer depletion / Philip Neal -- Challenges in environmental ethics / Holmes Rolston III -- Responsibility, ethics and nature / C.A. Hooker -- The idea of environment / David E. Cooper -- Towards a sustainable future / Joy A. Palmer -- Recovering the real meaning of sustainability / Vandana Shiva -- Technological risk : a budget of distinctions / Mark Sagoff.
• Thinking, believing and persuading : some issues for environmental activists / Rosemary J. Stevenson -- Rethinking resources / Stephen Sterling.

ISBN

• 0415049679
• 9780415049672
• 0415049687
• 9780415049689

LCCN

91016823

OCLC

• ocm23688349
• 23688349
• SCSB-1937904

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library