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The environment in question : ethics and global issues / edited by David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer.
ISBN:
9780203984420

9780415049672

9780415049689
Title:
The environment in question : ethics and global issues / edited by David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer.
Author:
Cooper, David Edward.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
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Publication Date:
1992
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.