Why preserve natural variety?
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Author
Contributions
- University of Maryland, College Park. Center for Philosophy and Public Policy - Contributor
Publication
1987 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
70,250 words, Guess
Page Count
281 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10069102507X
- ISBN-139780691025070
- Goodreads5770865
- Library of Congress Control Number88124600
- OCLC Control Number17640615
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780691025070
- Open LibraryOL21147075M
Classifications
- LCCQH'75'N67'1987
Description
Norton provides a critical overview of the range of thought on the preservation of species issue. He presents a new and comprehensive rationale for preservation of both species and ecosystems, and addresses policy issues. Part A of the book discusses views according to which natural species and ecosystems are valued primarily for human use or enjoyment. Norton shows the many difficulties of quantifying species in terms of "human demand values." Part B examines views which give intrinsic value to species. Norton's own comprehensive rationale, presented in Part C, argues for preserving biological diversity. He appeals to the power of human contacts with wild species to transform and uplift the human species. ISBN 0-691-07762-2: $30.00.
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Series Statement
- Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy
Other Editions
- Why preserve natural variety?
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