Reducing pessimism's sway in the environmental ethics classroom

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 213-226

  Sheppard, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Environmental ethics; John Dewey; Meliorism; Pessimism; William James

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449173826     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568535042690826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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