On the compatibility of a conservation ethic with biological science

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-345

  Sagoff, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Conservation ethics; Darwinism; Theology

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTHETICS; ETHICS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURE CONSERVATION;

BIOMEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHICAL THEORY; RELIGION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33947534564     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00634.x     Document Type: Review

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