Main Title |
Environmental ethics : duties to and values in the natural world / |
Author |
Rolston, Holmes,
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Publisher |
Temple University Press, |
Year Published |
1988 |
OCLC Number |
15427184 |
ISBN |
087722501X; 9780877225010; 0877226288; 9780877226284 |
Subjects |
Environmental ethics ;
Milieuethiek ;
Ethique de l'environnement ;
Morale ;
Environnement--Protection ;
Human ecology--Moral and ethical aspects
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
GF80.R64 1988 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
10/19/1990 |
EOAM |
GF80.R64 1988 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
12/27/2005 |
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Collation |
xiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Humans valuing the natural environment -- Higher animals : duties to sentient life -- Organisms : duties to organic life -- Life in jeopardy : duties to endangered species -- Life in community : duties to ecosystems -- The concept of natural value : a theory for environmental ethics -- Environmental policy : an ethic of the commons -- Environmental business : an ethic for commerce -- Down to earth : persons in natural history. Presents an account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species, and ecosystems. This work illustrates the philosophy of nature with numerous actual examples of ethical decisions made in encounters with fauna and flora, endangered species, and threatened ecosystems. -- Amazon. |
Place Published |
Philadelphia : |
PUB Date Free Form |
1988. |
Series Title Traced |
Ethics and action |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
87006499 |
Merged OCLC records |
65373682; 1055429107; 1166958816 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20051223115223 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00938cam 2200289 a 45020 |