Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World - Softcover

Farber, Daniel A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226238075 ISBN 13: 9780226238074

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2000

Synopsis

Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope of environmental problems.

"A comprehensive well-argued effort to address many of the most difficult issues facing legislators concerned with environmental issues."—Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review

"A timely and well-argued contribution."—Calestous Juma, Nature

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From the Back Cover

As a nation, we are committed in principle to environmental protection. But on a practical level, heated debates rage over exactly what that means. From global warming and biodiversity to food safety, environmental problems continue to bedevil regulators in a widening range of contexts. Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope (or even the existence) of environmental problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0226238075
• ISBN 13: 9780226238074
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210