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The Ethics of Japan's Global Environmental Policy : the Conflict Between Principles and Practice.

"This work examines Japanese government policies that impact on the environment in order to determine whether they incorporate a sufficient ethical substance. In the enquiry into the ethics of the policies, Kagawa-Fox explores how Western philosophers combined their theories to develop a '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kagawa-Fox, Midori
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge contemporary Japan series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; The Ethics of Japan's Global Environmental Policy: The conflict between principles and practice; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on style; Introduction; 1. Western and Japanese environmental ethics: Environment, culture and morals; Means to a policy; Sustainability and sustainable development; Environmental ethics; Japanese environmental ethics; Conclusion; 2. Japan's domestic environmental policy; Japan's kōgai cases; The development of the domestic environmental policy; The trio behind Japan's domestic environmental policy
  • The development of Japan's nuclear power policyConcerns: Japan's nuclear power facilities; The forces behind Japan's nuclear power development; Ethical concerns; Conclusion; 6. Domestic forestry and timber trade policy: case study 3: practices, principles, ethics; The development of Japan's forestry policy; The trio behind the forestry policy and timber trading; Japan's timber imports; Timber usage; Concerns over illegal logging; The ethics of the forestry policy and of Japanese corporate practices; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index