Human impact: the ethics of I=PAT

Global change, driven by increasing levels of human population, growing consumption by the rich, and poor choices of technologies and social arrangements to supply that consumption, have generated a suite of environmental problems that threaten civilization. This in turn has brought to the fore a da...

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Main Author: PR Ehrlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2014-10-01
Series:Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v14/n1/p11-18/
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description Global change, driven by increasing levels of human population, growing consumption by the rich, and poor choices of technologies and social arrangements to supply that consumption, have generated a suite of environmental problems that threaten civilization. This in turn has brought to the fore a daunting array of ethical issues that, sadly, are not being widely addressed. I sample some of these and discuss them in a way that hopefully will generate some of the needed discourse.
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spelling doaj.art-4eecc37e78fd48bcb998d37d78ad96a92022-12-22T04:09:33ZengInter-ResearchEthics in Science and Environmental Politics1863-54151611-80142014-10-01141111810.3354/esep00151Human impact: the ethics of I=PATPR Ehrlich0Stanford University, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford, California 94305, USAGlobal change, driven by increasing levels of human population, growing consumption by the rich, and poor choices of technologies and social arrangements to supply that consumption, have generated a suite of environmental problems that threaten civilization. This in turn has brought to the fore a daunting array of ethical issues that, sadly, are not being widely addressed. I sample some of these and discuss them in a way that hopefully will generate some of the needed discourse.https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v14/n1/p11-18/
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