Environmental health ethics / David B. Resnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resnik, David B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Moral and ethical aspects.

Environmental health.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health. In this study, David B. Resnik develops a method for making ethical decisions on environmental health issues. He applies this method to various issues, including pesticide use, antibiotic resistance, nutrition policy, vegetarianism, urban development, occupational safety, disaster preparedness and global climate change. Resnik provides readers with the scientific and technical background necessary to understand these issues. He explains that environmental health controversies cannot simply be reduced to humanity versus environment and explores the ways in which human values and concerns - health, economic development, rights and justice - interact with environmental protection.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

An overview of environmental health

Ethical theory

Toward an environmental health ethics

Pest control

Genetic engineering, food, and nutrition

Pollution and waste

The built environment

Climate change, energy, and population

Justice and environmental health

Environmental research involving human participants

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-41177-2

1-107-23192-2

1-280-68521-2

9786613662156

1-139-42317-7

1-139-42015-1

1-139-16184-9

1-139-42220-0

1-139-41811-4

1-139-42424-6

OCLC:

794663526