The Ethics of Waste: How We Relate to Rubbish

by Gay Hawkins

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0742530132

ISBN13:9780742530133

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Length:156 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.6" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Conservation Environmental Policy Ethics Ethics & Morality Nature Nature & Ecology Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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