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Environmental Philosophy: From Theory to Practice

Autor S Sarkar
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 ian 2012
The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today * Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability, environmental justice, and more * Offers the first treatment of decision theory in an environmental philosophy text * Explores the conceptions of nature and ethical presuppositions that underlie contemporary environmental debates, and, moving from theory to practice, shows how decision theory translates to public policy * Addresses both hot-button issues, including population and immigration reform, and such ongoing issues as historical legacies and nations' responsibility and obligation for environmental problems * Anchors philosophical concepts to their practical applications, establishing the priority of the discipline's real-world importance
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ISBN-13: 9780470671825
ISBN-10: 0470671823
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

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Researchers and graduate and undergraduate students in philosophy, environmental studies, conservation biology; Environmental ethics and environmental philosophy undergraduate courses

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Sahotra Sarkar specializes in the history and philosophy of science and conservation biology; he helped develop the framework for systematic conservation planning for the protection of biodiversity (as co-author, with Chris Margules, of Systematic Conservation Planning). He also co-edited The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia and A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology. He is the author of Doubting Darwin?: Creationist Designs on Evolution (Blackwell), Genetics and Reductionism, Molecular Models of Life, and Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy. He is a professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.