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BL
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1011233
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b765603
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| Main Entry
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Baxter, Brian,1949-
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| Title & Author
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A theory of ecological justice /\ Brian Baxter.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge research in environmental politics ;; v. 8
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1 online resource (xii, 206 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203458494
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: 041531139X
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: 9780203458495
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: 9780415311397
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041531139X
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; The concept of ecological justice; How to think about moral issues: universalist versus contextualist approaches; The case for social constructivism considered; Contextualist rather than universalist and rationalist morality?; The case for the moral considerability of all organisms; The restriction of moral status to sentient organisms; The moral status of the non-sentient; The case for ecological justice; The concept of ecological justice: objections and replies; Liberal theories of justice and the non-human.
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| Abstract
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This book argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides Homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Environmental ethics.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Environmental ethics.
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| Dewey Classification
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179.1
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GE42.B39 2005eb
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