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Geoethics
Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences
Providing a reliable and balanced viewpoint, this reference is a much needed and timely guide to geoethics.
Max Wyss (Edited by), Silvia Peppoloni (Edited by)
9780127999357, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 18 November 2014
450 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.79 kg
"... an excellent enterprise to encourage discussions about ethical issues in the geoscience community and beyond. Its findings could be useful not just to raise the ethical consciousness of the geoscience community by highlighting its role in coping with environmental risks and uncertain hazards within society, but it could also be a relevant starting point for further interdisciplinary and social science studies in the field." --Hungarian Geographical Bulletin "I recommend this book to the geoscientist who seeks to protect the earth environment and conserve earth resources and geoheritages for future generations, as well to those who forecast and mitigate geohazards." --The Leading Edge
Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility. This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspective.
Section 1: INTRODUCTION Section 2: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS Section 3: THE ETHICS OF PRACTICE Section 4: MAN MADE HAZARDS Section 5: NATURAL HAZARDS Section 6: EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES Section 7: LOW INCOME AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES Section 8: GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY
Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Earth sciences [RB], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]
