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Living within Limits : Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos.

We fail to mandate economic sanity, writes Garrett Hardin, "because our brains are addled by ... compassion." With such startling assertions, Hardin has cut a swathe through the field of ecology for decades, winning a reputation as a fearless and original thinker. A prominent biologist, ec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardin, Garrett, 1915-2003
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:We fail to mandate economic sanity, writes Garrett Hardin, "because our brains are addled by ... compassion." With such startling assertions, Hardin has cut a swathe through the field of ecology for decades, winning a reputation as a fearless and original thinker. A prominent biologist, ecological philosopher, and keen student of human population control, Hardin now offers the finest summation of his work to date, with an eloquent argument for accepting the limits of the earth's resources--and the hard choices we must make to live within them. In Living Within Limits, Hardin focuses on the negle.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (350 pages)
ISBN:9780198024033
0198024037
9781602560239
1602560234
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9781280442025