Enforcing environmental ethics: civic law and natural value
Date
2001
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Routledge, publisher
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Abstract
How far can and ought environmental values can be protected and enforced by legislation? Environmental regulation extends from Acts of Congress to lighting campfires and enforcement is widespread. The environment is a commons and this necessitates a public ethic where humans have benefits and harms at stake and must act in concert for protection. Environmental legislation can and ought protect animals, species, and ecosystems as well as humans--sometimes ever defending these against basic human interests.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-369).
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Subject
regulation
environmental ethics
law
responsibility
legislation
nature
policy
enforcement
wilderness
public good