Environmental Crisis : Understanding the Value of Nature - M. Rowlands

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Environmental Crisis

Understanding the Value of Nature

By: M. Rowlands, Jo Campling (Editor)

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Hardcover | 5 June 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Venomous Earth is the compelling story of the worst chemical disaster in human history - unfolding now. It explores the geology, politics and biology of why tens thousands of people are dying, hundreds of thousands developing cancer and tens of millions of people are at risk in Bangladesh, India and beyond, from arsenic-contaminated well water. Andrew Meharg compares this scenario with that in other arsenic-rich zones of the world where drinking water is tainted, such as extensive areas of South Western USA, the Alto Plano of South America and New Zealand's volcanic regions. He details historical precedents spanning thousands of years in mining and smelting communities, and due to the widespread use of arsenic in alchemy, farming, medicine and manufacturing. His tale takes in William Morris, Paracelsus, Nero and a cosmetic that killed two popes. Finally Venomous Earth looks at how the current arsenic crisis is to be tackled and highlights new challenges to our ongoing struggle with the toxic element.

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The Environmental Crisis is a work that every scholar of philosophy should be required to read, digest, and be provoked by.

-Environment

...[Rowland's] light and engaging writing style, his rich illustrations and frequent summaries suggest ...a great guide.

-Environmental Ethics

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Social Impact of Environmental Issues Economics Economic Theory & Philosophy Environmentalist Thought & Ideology Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Pollution Control

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Preface and Acknowledgements
'Where the Danger Is Grows also That which Saves'	p. 1
Intrinsic Value and Why (We Think) It's Needed	p. 17
Objectivist Theories of Intrinsic Value	p. 34
Subjectivist Theories of Intrinsic Value	p. 51
Radical Approaches to the Value of Nature	p. 74
Against Humanism I: Externalism	p. 91
Against Humanism II: Evolution	p. 101
Against Humanism III: Cognition	p. 119
Towards a Post-Humanist Theory of Value	p. 139
Perspectives on the Environmental Crisis: Social Ecology, Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism	p. 161
Notes	p. 179
Index	p. 189
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