Environmental Ethics and Policy Book: Philosophy, Ecology, Economics - Hardcover

Van DeVeer, Donald; Pierce, Christine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534525245 ISBN 13: 9780534525248

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This text and sourcebook crosses disciplinary boundaries and attends seriously to economic reasoning and its implications for environmental policy issues while taking a broad view of questions of ethics. It is appropriate and valuable not only for philosophy and environmental science students but also for students of economics, biology, engineering, and public policy.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald VanDeVeer, Ph.D., University of Chicago, is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. In addition to books on environmental ethics, he has also published works on health care ethics, public policy, and paternalistic intervention.

Review:

"The volume's three main strengths are (1) good selection of articles, (2) comprehensive range of topics, and (3) good organization."

"This text is among two or three of the best in this area...The editors are well-respected scholars who obviously have put a great deal of thought and work into this project."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534525245
• ISBN 13: 9780534525248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672