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The environment in question : ethics and global issues /

Contributors from the UK, USA, Australia and India from a variety of disciplines write on the practical and theoretical issues surrounding the environmental debate. This book is a key introduction to this topical area.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cooper, David Edward, Palmer-Cooper, Joy A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.