Environmental risks, uncertainty and intergenerational ethics

Environmental Values

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-448

  Ekeli, Kristian Skagen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental risks; Future generations; Moral responsibility; Reasonable and unreasonable risks; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ETHICS; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10844226664     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/0963271042772578     Document Type: Article

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