Civic law and natural value: enforcing environmental ethics
Date
2011
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section, publisher
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How far can and ought environmental values can be protected and enforced by legislation? Environmental regulation extends from Acts of Congress to lighting campfires and enforcement is widespread. The environment is a commons and this necessitates a public ethic where humans have benefits and harms at stake and must act in concert for protection. Environmental legislation can and ought protect animals, species, and ecosystems as well as humans--sometimes ever defending these against basic human interests.
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environmental ethics
law
legislation
policy
enforcement
wilderness
public good
natural values
regulation
human rights