Ten cases in environmental ethics

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Ten cases in environmental ethics

Lisa H. Newton, Catherine K. Dillingham, Joanne Choly

(Watersheds / Lisa H. Newton, Catherine K. Dillingham, 4)

Thomson Wadsworth, c2006

4th ed.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index

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Description

Environmental issues can be complex. You need an environmental ethics textbook that you can actually understand. WATERSHEDS 4: TEN CASES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS provides ten fascinating case studies of real-life environmental conflicts and explains the principles involved in an easy-to-understand, impartial way.

Table of Contents

1. Of Greenhouses and Freezers: The Perils of Global Climate Change. 2. Genetically Modified Organisms: The Complex Difficulties of Frankenfood. 3. Skunked: Crisis in the New England Fisheries. 4. The Ingenuity of the Bugs: Combating Resistance to Antibiotics. 5. Oil on the Rocks: The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez. 6. The Extended Family: The Saga of the Great Apes. 7. Chlorine Sunrise: The Beneficent Possibilities of a Known Poison (with William F. Carroll of the Chlorine Chemistry Council). 8. Are We the Problem?: Population Growth. 9. Fueling the World: Alternatives in Energy Production. 10. Biodiversity: the Rich Variety of Life.

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