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Environmental ethics : divergence and convergence

Authors: Armstrong, Susan J. ; Botzler, Richard George
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of articles that survey multidisciplinary approaches to environmental ethics and provides a historical survey of thought on our responsibility to the environment. ...
Year: 2003

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Watersheds : classic cases in environmental ethics

Authors: Dillingham, Catherine K. ; Lisa H. Newton
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book presents ten classic cases in environmental ethics and includes detailed information and commentary to help fuel student discussion....
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:19

Watersheds 3 : ten cases in environmental ethics

Authors: Dillingham, Catherine K. ; Lisa H. Newton
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book presents ten cases in environmental ethics and includes commentary and detailed information to help fuel student discussion....
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:19

Nature in common? : environmental ethics and the contested foundations of environmental policy

Authors: Minteer, Ben A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book bring together leading environmental philosophers to debate about a central conflict in environmental philosophy: should we appreciate nature mainly for its ability to advance our interests or should re respect it as havin...
Year: 2009
URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017536169&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:18

Environmental ethics : an introduction to environmental philosophy

Authors: DesJardins, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The text serves as an introduction to ethical theory as it applies to environmental issues and as a casebook on contemporary problems of science, industry, and individual decision-making. It provides a readable, yet philosophically ...
Year: 2000

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42

Environmental contaminants : assessment and control

Authors: Vallero, Daniel A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book provides environmental professionals with the information they need to assess environmental risks and begin cleaning up environmental problems in air, water, soil, sediment and living systems. The book provides readers wit...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-15 11:53

Environmental pragmatism

Authors: Light, Andrew ; Katz, Eric
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Environmental philosophies series;
Abstract: "Environmental pragmatism is a new strategy in environmental thought: it argues that theoretical debates are hindering the ability of the environmental movement to forge agreement on basic policy imperatives. This new direction in e...
Year: 1996

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:17

Environmental ethics : what really matters, what really works

Authors: Schmidtz, David ; Willott, Elizabeth
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This collection of sixty-two articles covers the principle areas of inquiry in the field of environmental ethics, as well as giving an analysis of the current state of the environment. The first section of the book discusses issues ...
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:22

The environmental ethics and policy book : philosophy, ecology, economics

Authors: Pierce, Christine ; VanDeVeer, Donald
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This text crosses disciplinary boundaries and looks at the economic reasoning and its implications for environmental policy issues, as well as the ethical implications of these approaches....
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31

Socially responsible engineering : justice in risk management

Authors: Vallero, Daniel A. ; Vesilind, P. Aarne
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book focuses on environmental aspects of engineering ethics, gives a historic and philosophical background for the concept of environmental justice, and discusses the technical tools necessary to help engineers evaluate project...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01

Reflecting on nature : readings in environmental philosophy

Authors: Jamieson, Dale ; Gruen, Lori
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This anthology seeks to highlight the problems of environmental justice and sustainable development. It provides a multicultural perspective on questions of environmental concern, and examines issues such as the loss of biodiversit...
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:13

Paradigms lost : learning from environmental mistakes, mishaps, and misdeeds

Authors: Vallero, Daniel A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book contains a large number of case studies about environmental mistakes and disasters in engineering. Each case includes a scientific explanation of what went wrong, and how similar problems could be avoided in the future. T...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024537.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01

The environmental ethics and policy book : philosophy, ecology, economics

Authors: Pierce, Christine ; VanDeVeer, Donald
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book looks at the economic reasoning and its implications for environmental policy issues while also looking at the broad range of ethical questions raised when looking at these areas. The book...
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:23

Land, value, community : Callicott and environmental philosophy

Authors: Ouderkirk, Wayne ; Hill, Jim
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics;
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:19

Environmental ethics

Authors: Elliot, Robert
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Oxford readings in philosophy
Abstract: This anthology offers a selection of some of the best articles on ethics and the environment written in the last twenty years. The essays focus on the philosophical issues underlying environmental ethics, and cover issues such as du...
Year: 1995

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:10

Environmental justice : creating equality, reclaiming democracy

Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Environmental Ethics and Science Policy
Abstract: This book is a collection of nine essays looking at key concepts involved in environmental justice, including equality, property rights, procedural injustice, free informed consent, and just compensation. The author argues that the...
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:41

Democracy and the claims of nature : critical perspectives for a new century

Authors: Minteer, Ben A. ; Taylor, Bob Pepperman
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume discusses the tensions and sympathies between democratic ideals and environmental values. Contributors to this volume reflect upon issues such as civic movements on the issues of environmental justice, environmentalism a...
Year: 2002
URL: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002001810.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:18

Foundations of environmental philosophy : a text with readings

Authors: Kaufman, Frederik A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Designed for use in a classroom, this book is a good text for students having little previous exposure to philosophy. The book offers clear explanations of major environmental philosophy topics, moral theories, and argument recognit...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:15

Ethical and environmental challenges to engineering

Authors: Gorman, Michael E. ; Mehalik, Matthew M. ; Werhane, Patricia H.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book features full-length, multi-faceted, real-life cases of design and managerial dilemmas involving environmental ethical dilemmas in a variety of settings--together with background readings that illustrate how one can integr...
Year: 2000

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 12:57

Watersheds 4 : ten cases in environmental ethics

Authors: Choly, Joanne ; Dillingham, Catherine K. ; Lisa H. Newton
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book presents ten cases in environmental ethics and includes commentary and detailed information to help fuel student discussion....
Year: 2006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:19

Watersheds 2 : ten cases in environmental ethics

Authors: Dillingham, Catherine K. ; Lisa H. Newton
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book presents ten cases on environmental ethics, including detailed information and commentary to help fuel student discussion....
Year: 1997

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:19

Environmental ethics : an anthology

Authors: Light, Andrew ; Rolston, Holmes
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Blackwell philosophy anthologies
Abstract: An excellent anthology of classic essays on environmental ethics. Includes: An overview of environmental ethics / Clare Palmer -- The land ethic / Aldo Leopold -- Is there a need for a new, an environmental, ethic? / Richard Sylvan ...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:17

Upstream, downstream : issues in environmental ethics

Authors: Scherer, Donald
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This collection or original essays explores the moral issues that arise when decisions by individuals, corporations or governments cause changes in the environment that affect those who did not participate in these decisions. Coveri...
Year: 1990

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:21

Moral and political reasoning in environmental practice

Authors: Light, Andrew ; De-Shalit, Avner
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book discusses how philosophers can potentially help resolve the moral and political dilemmas faced by environmental activists and policy makers by looking at how a philosophical thinking can take a more publicly engaged approa...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=81118

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:17

Space, place, and environmental ethics

Authors: Smith, Jonathan M. ; Light, Andrew
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Philosophy and geography,; 1; Variation: Philosophy and geography (Lanham, Md.) ;; 1.
Abstract: An anthology on environmental ethics. Includes: Introduction: geography, philosophy, and the environment / Andrew Light and Jonathan M. Smith -- On the ethical determination of geography: a Kantian prolegomenon / Robert Burch -- Nat...
Year: 1997

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