Economy of the Earth : Philosophy, Law, and the Environment PDF
by Mark Sagoff
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Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth.
Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of neo-Darwinism, the role of the natural in national history, and the centrality of the concept of place in environmental ethics, he analyses social policy in relation to the environment, pollution, the workplace, and public safely and health.
Sagoff distinguishes ethical from economic questions and explains which kinds of concepts, arguments, and processes are appropriate to each.
He offers a critique 'preference' and 'willingness to pay' as measures of value in environmental economics and defends political, cultural, aesthetic, and ethical reasons to protect the natural environment.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780511372476
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780511372476