The ostrich factor our population myopia
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- ISBN: 9780195122749
- ISBN: 0195122747
- ISBN: 9780585111957 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0585111952 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
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electronic resource - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.10.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pursuit of objectivity -- Tertullian's blessing -- How to lie with learned words -- Foundations of activist dcience: By right or by default? -- Stormy marriage of economics and ecology -- Consequentialism: Nature's morality -- Natural selection: God's choice -- Altruism -- Coercion -- Diseconomies of scale: Ostrich myopia -- Dream of one world -- Russell's theorem -- Martian view of Malthus -- Equity, equality, and affirmative action -- Multiculturalism: For and against -- Ambivalent value of growth -- Extended reach of Gresham's law -- Summary: Can our ostriches find the will? -- Notes. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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