Preservation Versus the People: Nature, Humanity, and Political Philosophy

by Mathew Humphrey

Why should any society take the decision to devote scarce resources, as a matter of public policy, to preserving natural objects? This is one of the questions considered in the field of environmental ethics, and the thinking that has taken place in this discipline has been dominated by the 'ecocentric-anthropocentric' distinction. Answers focus on either 'intrinsic values in nature', or on the human welfare benefits that will accrue from preservationist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199242674
• ISBN13: 9780199242672
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"