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Title:

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

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xii, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology--Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics--Ethics
Ethics--Ethics

Other Authors:

Cooper, David Edward.
Palmer, Joy A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-246) and index.

Contents:

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.
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 --

ISBN:

9780415049689
0415049687
9780415049672
0415049679

OCLC:

(OCoLC)23688349
(OCoLC)24694493

LCCN:

91016823

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)