Ethics of Waste : How We Relate to Rubbish
by
Gay Hawkins
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0742530132
ISBN-13
9780742530133
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 28th, 2005
Print length
156 Pages
Weight
262 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Ethics & moral philosophyEthics and moral philosophyConservation of the environment
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Do we feel virtuous for reusing plastic bags and disdain those who don't? At what point does personal waste become public responsibility? Placing these ideas into historical, social, and cultural perspective, this thoughtful book seeks ways to change ecologically destructive practices without recourse to guilt, moralism, or despair.
Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life_from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage. Do we feel virtuous for reusing plastic bags and disdain those who don''t? At what point does personal waste become public responsibility? How does this ''public conscience'' affect policy? Placing these ideas into historical, social, and cultural perspective, this thoughtful book seeks ways to change ecologically destructive practices without recourse to guilt, moralism, or despair.
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