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The death of our planet's species : a challenge to ecology and ethics /
Annotation The present rate and extent of species extinction -- estimated by some scientists as one species every 20 minutes -- are unprecedented in the history of mankind. Human activities are responsible for nearly all species loss, yet ethical aspects of this crisis are rarely mentioned. Any conc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Washington :
Island Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part A: Hopes for an "ecological solution"
- Ecology as the epitome of controlling nature?
- The science of ecology as a normative authority?
- Part B: The debate about an ethical solution
- A pragmatic approach: is anthropocentrism sufficient?
- A theoretical approach: can holism be justified?