The death of our planet's species:a challenge to ecology and ethics
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Published: |
Island Press,
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Publisher Address: | Washington |
Publication Dates: | c2003. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Item Description: | Artensterben. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 407 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 1559639571 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q14 |
CLC: |
Q14-05 Q14 |
Call Number: | Q14/G669 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-393) and index. Part A: Hopes for an "ecological solution" -- Ecology as the epitome of controlling nature? -- The science of ecology as a normative authority? -- Part B: The debate about an ethical solution -- A pragmatic approach: is anthropocentrism sufficient? -- A theoretical approach: can holism be justified? |