The economy of the earth philosophy, law, and the environment

Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth. Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of neo-Darwinism, the role of the natural in national...

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1. Verfasser: Sagoff, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
Ausgabe:Second edition
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima; or, why political questions are not all economic
  • The allocation and distribution of resources
  • Values and preferences
  • Can we put a price on nature's services?
  • Do we consume too much?
  • Is an environmental ethic compatible with biological science?
  • Settling America or the concept of place in environmental ethics
  • Natural and national history
  • Environmentalism : death and resurrection