A conceptual analysis of an ecological problem : the conservation of wildlife and habitat on private agricultural land in Alberta / Susan A. Hendler.
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TextPublication details: Calgary, AB : University of Calgary, 1983.Description: x, 171 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The developing discipline of environmental ethics is applied to a practical problem. The concept of ecological problems is discussed. I argue that wildlife and habitat conservation can be classified as an ecological problem. The normative dimensions inherent to such problems necessitate the consideration of ethical principles. Accordingly, I introduce and apply moral philosophy to the general problem of conservation as well as the specific example of wildlife and habitat conservation on private rural lands in Alberta. I then formulate ethically legitimate goals and objectives upon which my subsequent analysis of some existing relevant policies and statutes is based. I conclude with a discussion of environmental ethics and on the optimistic note that formal moral thought might enter into environmental decision-making more frequently in the future.
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Thesis(M.E.D.)--University of Calgary, 1983.
The developing discipline of environmental ethics is applied to a practical problem. The concept of ecological problems is discussed. I argue that wildlife and habitat conservation can be classified as an ecological problem. The normative dimensions inherent to such problems necessitate the consideration of ethical principles. Accordingly, I introduce and apply moral philosophy to the general problem of conservation as well as the specific example of wildlife and habitat conservation on private rural lands in Alberta. I then formulate ethically legitimate goals and objectives upon which my subsequent analysis of some existing relevant policies and statutes is based. I conclude with a discussion of environmental ethics and on the optimistic note that formal moral thought might enter into environmental decision-making more frequently in the future.