Environmental Ethics and the Global Marketplace

by Albert F. Ike, Dorinda G. Dallmeyer

Overview

The global market is the largest and most powerful socioeconomic institution on the planet, and as such it demands that those who desire to benefit from it or those who seek to regulate it realize the economic and environmental consequences of their actions.

The contributors to Environmental Ethics and the Global Marketplace argue that the health of the environment is inextricably linked to the health of the economy, and economic strength depends on the preservation of environmental values. Ultimately, economic and environmental sciences must merge more completely if we are to arrive at ethically justified principles as the basis for national and international environmental policy process, enabling environmental ethics to move beyond academic venues into domestic and international decision making.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820320151
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Publication date:	07/01/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

ALBERT F. IKE was associate vice president for public service and outreach at the University of Georgia.

DORINDA G. DALLMEYER is a faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program at the University of Georgia and is also the associate director of the University of Georgia's Dean Rusk Center of International, Comparative, and Graduate Legal Studies. She is the editor of five books, including Values at Sea (Georgia).

Dorinda G. Dallmeyer (Editor)
DORINDA G. DALLMEYER is a faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program at the University of Georgia and is also the associate director of the University of Georgia's Dean Rusk Center of International, Comparative, and Graduate Legal Studies. She is the editor of five books, including Values at Sea (Georgia).

Albert F. Ike (Editor)
ALBERT F. IKE was associate vice president for public service and outreach at the University of Georgia.

Editorial Reviews

Papers presented at a 1995 conference held at the University of Georgia focus on the divergence of interest and opinion concerning environmental and economic goals, and seek to create a dialogue between those in international commerce and those concerned with ethical grounds for managing the global environment. Contributors from various fields discuss the relationship between environmental and economic values, and move toward an economically and environmentally informed consensus on the criteria for responsible policy choice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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