| Description |
xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Environmental ethics and science policy series |
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Environmental ethics and science policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Distributive justice, participative justice, and the principle of prima facie political equality -- 3. Appalachians, access to land, and procedural justice -- 4. African Americans, LULUs, and free informed consent -- 5. Equity and duties to future generations : the case of Yucca Mountain -- 6. Native peoples and the problem of paternalism -- 7. Risky occupational environments, the double standard, and just compensation -- 8. Developing nations, equal protection, and the limits of moral heroism -- 9. Taking action : public responsibility for environmental justice. |
| Summary |
Explaining ethical concepts such as equality, property rights, procedural justice, free informed consent, intergeneration equality, just compensation and moral heroism, this text shows how many of these core concepts have been compromised for a large segment of the global population. |
| Subject |
Environmental justice -- United States.
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Environmental justice. (OCoLC)fst00913104
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Politische Ethik.
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Umweltrecht.
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Umweltpolitik.
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| ISBN |
9780195183573 |
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0195183576 |
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0195152034 (hbk.) |
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9780195152036 (hbk.) |
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