Social philosophy and ecological scarcity

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Social philosophy and ecological scarcity

Keekok Lee

Routledge, 1989

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Bibliography: p. 415-421

Includes index

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Keekok Lee argues for a social philosophy that will take into account the ecological consequences of its actions, dismissing the policies of traditional capitalism and Marxist models as inadequate in this respect. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of philosophy, environmental studies, social policy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface 1. A Rational Basis for a Naturalistic Ethic and Social Philosophy 2. The Principles of Ecology and the Laws of Thermodynamics 3. Ecological Scarcity 4. Human Agency and its External Relations 5. Rates of Reproduction and Consumption 6. Economics at odds with Ecological Scarcity 7. Civilisation, its Contents and its Discontents 8. Work and the Two Socialisms 9. Redistribution, Equality as the Distributive Value 10. Human Capacities and Needs.

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