The humanity of global environmental ethics

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-222

  Wapner, Paul ^a   Matthew, Richard A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental ethics; Environmental morality; Environmental philosophy; Global environmental politics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ETHICS; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 66149098945     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496509334693     Document Type: Article

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