Adaptation, Transformation, and Development: Environmental Change and the Rethinking of the Human Good

It is widely accepted that we must adapt to climate change. But we sit on the edge of radical, unprecedented, and rapid anthropogenic environmental changes that are driven by many factors in addition to greenhouse gas emissions. In this way, we occupy a unique and precarious position in the history...

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Main Author: Thompson, Allen 1969- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas 2020
In: Environmental ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-20
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