Environment in Question - Ethics and Global Issues

Informationen zum Autor David E.Cooper, Joy A.Palmer Klappentext First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors’ preface 1 What do we owe future generations? 2 The problem of absolute poverty: What are our moral obligations to the destitute? 3 Towards a more humane view of the beasts? 4 The ethics of tourism 5 The dumping of radioactive waste in the deep ocean: Scientific advice and ideological persuasion 6 The ocean environment: Marine development, problems and Pollution 7 Destruction of the rain forests: Principles or practices? 8 Environment and water resources in the arid zone 9 Air pollution—with special reference to acid rain, the greenhouse effect and ozone layer depletion 10 Challenges in environmental ethics 11 Responsibility, ethics and nature 12 The idea of environment 13 Towards a sustainable future 14 Recovering the real meaning of sustainability 15 Technological risk: A budget of distinctions 16 Thinking, believing and persuading: Some issues for environmental activists 17 Rethinking resources

Product details

• Authors: David E. Palmer Cooper
• Assisted by: David E Cooper (Editor), David E. Cooper (Editor), Joy A Palmer (Editor), Joy A. Palmer (Editor), Palmer Joy A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.1992
• EAN: 9780415049689
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04968-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; The environment, Science / Environmental Science