Economics, ethics, and environmental policy : contested choices

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: Economics, ethics, and environmental policy : contested choices/ edited by Daniel W. Bromley and Jouni Paavola.

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- CH36;1 Contested Choices -- Part II Economics44; Ethics44; and Policy Choices -- CH36;2 Are Choices Tradeoffs63; -- CH36;3 The Ignorance Argument58; What Must We Know to be Fair to the Future63; -- CH36;4 Benefit 8211;Cost Considerations Should be Decisive When There is Nothing More Important at Stake -- CH36;5 Environmental Policy as a Process of Reasonable Valuing -- Part III Ethical Concerns and Policy Goals -- CH36;6 Rethinking the Choice and Performance of Environmental Policies -- CH36;7 What Should We Do with Inconsistent44; Nonwelfaristic44; and Undeveloped Preferences63; -- CH36;8 Awkward Choices58; Economics and Nature Conservation -- Part IV Ethical Dimensions of Policy Consequences -- CH36;9 All Environmental Policy Instruments Require a Moral Choice as to Whose Interests Count -- CH36;10 Efficient or Fair58; Ethical Paradoxes in Environmental Policy -- CH36;11 Trading with the Enemy63; Examining North 8211;South Perspectives in the Climate Change Debate -- CH36;12 Social Costs and Sustainability -- Part V Ethics in Action58;Empirical Analyses -- CH36;13 Empirical Signs of Ethical Concern in Economic Valuation of the Environment -- CH36;14 Motivating Existence Values58; The Many and Varied Sources of the Stated WTP for Endangered Species -- CH36;15 Environmental and Ethical Dimensions of the Provision of a Basic Need58;Water and Sanitation Services in East Africa -- Part VI Conclusions -- CH36;16 Economics44; Ethics44; and Environmental Policy -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780470693674; 0470693673; 9780470692929; 0470692928; 9780631229698; 0631229698
• Doi: 10.1002/9780470693674
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)214281544

Publication Statement

• Place: Malden, MA
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Date: 2002

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 286 pages)

Table Of Contents

• Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- CH36;1 Contested Choices -- Part II Economics44; Ethics44; and Policy Choices -- CH36;2 Are Choices Tradeoffs63; -- CH36;3 The Ignorance Argument58; What Must We Know to be Fair to the Future63; -- CH36;4 Benefit 8211;Cost Considerations Should be Decisive When There is Nothing More Important at Stake -- CH36;5 Environmental Policy as a Process of Reasonable Valuing -- Part III Ethical Concerns and Policy Goals -- CH36;6 Rethinking the Choice and Performance of Environmental Policies -- CH36;7 What Should We Do with Inconsistent44; Nonwelfaristic44; and Undeveloped Preferences63; -- CH36;8 Awkward Choices58; Economics and Nature Conservation -- Part IV Ethical Dimensions of Policy Consequences -- CH36;9 All Environmental Policy Instruments Require a Moral Choice as to Whose Interests Count -- CH36;10 Efficient or Fair58; Ethical Paradoxes in Environmental Policy -- CH36;11 Trading with the Enemy63; Examining North 8211;South Perspectives in the Climate Change Debate -- CH36;12 Social Costs and Sustainability -- Part V Ethics in Action58;Empirical Analyses -- CH36;13 Empirical Signs of Ethical Concern in Economic Valuation of the Environment -- CH36;14 Motivating Existence Values58; The Many and Varied Sources of the Stated WTP for Endangered Species -- CH36;15 Environmental and Ethical Dimensions of the Provision of a Basic Need58;Water and Sanitation Services in East Africa -- Part VI Conclusions -- CH36;16 Economics44; Ethics44; and Environmental Policy -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page.

Summary

• Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems.

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