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The economy of the earth : philosophy, law, and the environment / Mark Sagoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sagoff, Mark, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy.
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental law--United States.
- Environmental law.
- Social legislation--United States.
- Social legislation.
- United States--Economic policy.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth. Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of neo-Darwinism, the role of the natural in national history, and the centrality of the concept of place in environmental ethics, he analyses social policy in relation to the environment, pollution, the workplace, and public safely and health. Sagoff distinguishes ethical from economic questions and explains which kinds of concepts, arguments, and processes are appropriate to each. He offers a critique 'preference' and 'willingness to pay' as measures of value in environmental economics and defends political, cultural, aesthetic, and ethical reasons to protect the natural environment.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima; or, why political questions are not all economic
- The allocation and distribution of resources
- Values and preferences
- Can we put a price on nature's services?
- Do we consume too much?
- Is an environmental ethic compatible with biological science?
- Settling America or the concept of place in environmental ethics
- Natural and national history
- Environmentalism : death and resurrection.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-17913-0
- 1-281-24310-8
- 9786611243104
- 0-511-81747-9
- 0-511-37767-3
- 0-511-37676-6
- 0-511-37582-4
- 0-511-37432-1
- 0-511-37856-4
- OCLC:
- 476126768
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