| Description |
x, 227 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Environmental philosophies series |
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Environmental philosophies series.
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| Contents |
1. Human Well-Being and the Natural World -- 2. Nature, Intrinsic Value and Human Well-Being -- 3. Future Generations and the Harms We Do Ourselves -- 4. The Constituency of Environmental Policy -- 5. Justifying Cost-Benefit Analysis: Arguments from Welfare -- 6. Pluralism, Liberalism and the Good Life -- 7. Pluralism, Incommensurability, Judgement -- 8. Authority, Democracy and the Environment -- 9. Science, Policy and Environmental Value -- 10. Market, Household and Politics |
| Summary |
Revealing flaws in both "green" and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotelian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society and politics in modern society |
| Analysis |
Environment Conservation Politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index |
| Subject |
Animal welfare.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Ecology.
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Environmental policy.
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Human ecology.
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| LC no. |
93016367 |
| ISBN |
0415072999 |
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0415073006 |
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