This book addresses government social policy in relation to the environment, pollution, the workplace, and public safety and health. Professor Sagoff presents an analysis based on ethical, cultural, and political concerns, that reveals how environmental legislation can be sensitive to political reality and responsive to economic costs. The argument is developed to cover the relationship between liberalism and environmentalism, the place of values in environmental science, the importance of a 'land ethic', the role of public interest groups, and efforts to reform environmental law.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima; or why political questions are not all economic; 3. The allocation and distribution of resources; 4. Frigile prices and shadow values; 5. Values and preferences; 6. Nature and the national idea; 7. Can environmentalists be liberals? 8. Property and the value of land; 9. Where Ickes went right; or, Reason and rationality in environmental law; Notes; Index.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima; or why political questions are not all economic; 3. The allocation and distribution of resources; 4. Frigile prices and shadow values; 5. Values and preferences; 6. Nature and the national idea; 7. Can environmentalists be liberals? 8. Property and the value of land; 9. Where Ickes went right; or, Reason and rationality in environmental law; Notes; Index.