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Why Care for Nature?
Dirk Willem Postma
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Description for Why Care for Nature?
Hardback. Addresses those educational professionals, policy-makers, academic researchers, students and scholars who are somehow involved in the discourse on environmental education and sustainable development. This book offers an introduction to environmental philosophy for postgraduate students in educational studies. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? 1 George Orwell This book has been written in a time of environmental neglect. A time in which the expansive needs of multinational corporations, western consumer interests and the politically celebrated ideals of economic growth and technological progress appear to override any consideration for preserving natural beauty as well as consideration for those unable to speak and negotiate on their own behalf: third world citizens, future generations, animals, plants and landscapes. This neglect is evident in the withdrawal of national governments from the requirements ... Read more
Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? 1 George Orwell This book has been written in a time of environmental neglect. A time in which the expansive needs of multinational corporations, western consumer interests and the politically celebrated ideals of economic growth and technological progress appear to override any consideration for preserving natural beauty as well as consideration for those unable to speak and negotiate on their own behalf: third world citizens, future generations, animals, plants and landscapes. This neglect is evident in the withdrawal of national governments from the requirements ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Series
The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402050022
SKU
V9781402050022
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99-15
Reviews for Why Care for Nature?
From the reviews: "This fine, timely book by Postma … will appeal to educators and environmentalists seeking to clarify the best available philosophical foundation for reasoning clearly about environmental responsibilities. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above." (S. A. Mason, Choice, Vol. 45 (1), 2007)