The ethics of waste : how we relate to rubbish /

Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life, from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage. Do we feel virtuous for reusing plastic bags and disdain those who don't? At what point does p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawkins, Gay (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.
Temas:
Waste minimization.
Environmental responsibility.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Moral and ethical aspects.
Source reduction (Waste management)
Déchets > Réduction.
Responsabilité environnementale.
Déchets > Élimination > Aspect moral.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Environmental responsibility
Waste minimization
Abfallvermeidung
Umweltbewusstsein
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life, from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage. Do we feel virtuous for reusing plastic bags and disdain those who don't? At what point does personal waste become public responsibility? How does this 'public conscience' affect policy? Placing these ideas into historical, social, and cultural perspective, this thoughtful book seeks ways to change ecologically destructive practices without recourse to guilt, moralism, or despair.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (163 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143) and index.
ISBN:9780742578913
0742578917

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