The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)

The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
by Mark Sagoff (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (3 Dec. 2007)
Language: English
Hardcover: 280 pages
ISBN-10: 052186755X
ISBN-13: 9780521867559
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Book Description
Mark Sagoff draws on the last twenty years of debate over the foundations of environmentalism in this comprehensive revision of The Economy of the Earth. Posing questions pertinent to consumption, cost-benefit analysis, the normative implications of neo-Darwinism, the role of the natural in national history, and the centrality of the concept of place in environmental ethics, he analyses social policy in relation to the environment, pollution, the workplace, and public safely and health. Sagoff distinguishes ethical from economic questions and explains which kinds of concepts, arguments, and processes are appropriate to each. He offers a critique ‘preference’ and ‘willingness to pay’ as measures of value in environmental economics and defends political, cultural, aesthetic, and ethical reasons to protect the natural environment.