| Description |
xii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy |
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Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy.
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| Contents |
Preface / Laura Westra -- Introduction: Environmental and Economic Sustainability / Patricia H. Werhane -- 1. Consumption: The Economics of Value Added and the Ethics of Value Distributed / Herman E. Daly -- 2. The Need to Face Conflicts between Rich and Poor Nations to Solve Global Environmental Problems / Donald A. Brown -- 3. "The Tragedy of the Commons" Revisited: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Consumption / Joel E. Reichart -- 4. Institutionalizing Overconsumption / Don Mayer -- 5. Marketing, the Ethics of Consumption, and Less-Developed Countries / George G. Brenkert -- 6. Reducing the Ecological Footprint of Consumption / William E. Rees -- 7. Who Should Bear the Burdens of Risk and Proof in Changing Consumption Patterns? / John Lemons -- 8. A Nonanthropocentric Environmental Evaluation of Technology for Public Policy: Why Norton's Approach Is Insufficient for Environmental Policy / Laura Westra -- 9. Consumption and the Practice of Land Health / Eric T. Freyfogle |
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10. Environmental Sustainability: Eat Better and Kill Less / R. Goodland -- 11. Toward an Ethics of Consumption: Rethinking the Nature of Growth / Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. Rosenthal -- 12. Scarcity or Abundance? / Julian L. Simon -- 13. Holes in the Cornucopia / Ernest Partridge -- 14. Do We Consume Too Much? / Mark Sagoff -- 15. A Boat for Thoreau: A Discourse on Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things / William McDonough -- 16. Consuming Oneself: The Dynamics of Consumption / Andrea Larson -- 17. Toward a Sustainable Tomorrow / Michael E. Gorman, Matthew M. Mehalik and Scott Sonenshein [et al.] -- 18. Shades of Green: Business, Ethics, and the Environment / R. Edward Freeman, Jessica Pierce and Richard Dodd |
| Summary |
In this book, a host of noted environmentalists and business ethicists examine ethical issues in consumption from the points of view of environmental sustainability, economic development, and free enterprise. These issues are at the forefront of international concerns about global legislation and regulation. The Business of Consumption is an essential book for students and scholars of business ethics, environmental ethics, public policy, and economic development |
| Analysis |
Consumption |
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Developing countries |
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Economic growth |
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Environmental impact |
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Ethics |
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Overseas item |
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Sustainable development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Griffith Collection) |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Economic development.
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Environmental ethics.
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| Author |
Werhane, Patricia Hogue.
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Westra, Laura.
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| LC no. |
98010307 |
| ISBN |
084768668X (cased) |
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0847686698 (paperback) |
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