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Ethics in biodiversity conservation / Patrik Baard
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: Routledge studies in conservation and the environmentPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022Description: vi, 182 SeitenISBN:- 9780367627645
- 9780367627683
- 333.95/16
- QH541.15.B56
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Summary: "This book examines the role of ethics and philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The objective of this book is two-fold: on the one hand it offers a detailed and systematic account of central normative concepts often used, but rarely explicated nor justified, within conservation biology. Such concepts include 'values' (both intrinsic, instrumental, and, more recently, relational), 'rights', and 'duties'. The second objective is to emphasize to environmental philosophers and applied ethicists the many interesting decision-making challenges of biodiversity conservation. The book argues that a nuanced account of instrumental values provides a powerful tool for reasoning about the values of biodiversity. It also scrutinizes relational values, the concept of rights of nature, and risk, and show how moral philosophy proves indispensable for these concepts. Consequently, it engages with recent suggestions on normative aspects of biodiversity conservation, and show the need for moral philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The overriding aim of this book is to provide conservation biologists and policy-makers with a systematic overview of concepts and assessments of the reasons for reaching prescriptive conclusions about biodiversity conservation. This will prove instrumental in clarifying the role of applied ethics and a refined understanding of the tools it can provide. This title will be of interest to students and scholars of conservation biology, conservation policy, environmental ethics and environmental philosophy"--Call number: Grundsignatur: 2022 A 69PPN: PPN: 1764693426
| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handbibliothek | ITAS | Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich) | 2022 A 69 | Checked out Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich | 18.01.2042 | 53596524090 |
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