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Defending Biodiversity : Environmental Science and Ethics by Jonathan A Newman; Gary E Varner; Stefan Paul Linquist is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Defending Biodiversity : Environmental Science and Ethics about?
Imagine that you are an environmentalist who passionately believes that it is wrong to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. How do you convince someone that a decision to drill is wrong? Debates about the environment and how humans ought to treat it have gone on for decades, yet arguments in favor of preserving biodiversity often lack empirical substance or are philosophically naïve, making them far less effective than they could be. This book critically examines arguments that
Who reads Defending Biodiversity : Environmental Science and Ethics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jonathan A Newman; Gary E Varner; Stefan Paul Linquist
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521146203
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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