Diversity: A philosophical perspective

Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-141

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cultural diversity; Diversity; Ecological diversity; Economics; Environmental ethics; Linguistic diversity; Normativity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; LANGUAGE; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84859948252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d2010127     Document Type: Article

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