Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World / Edition 2

by Daniel A. Farber

Overview

Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty about the scope of environmental problems.

"A comprehensive well-argued effort to address many of the most difficult issues facing legislators concerned with environmental issues."—Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review

"A timely and well-argued contribution."—Calestous Juma, Nature

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226238067
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	05/01/1999
Edition description:	1
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Case of Uncertainty
2. Economics versus Politics
3. The Risk Dilemma
4. An Environmental Baseline
5. The Shadow of the Future
6. Dynamic Environmental Regulation
Conclusion
Index

What People are Saying About This

Carol M. Rose

This is a clear-headed and nuanced guide for the perplexed through the labyrinth of environmental policy. Farber cogently defends the emergent social consensus favoring environmental values. But at the same time, he also demonstrates how those values are consistent with a balanced weighing of costs and benefits, and shows how our policies can respond dynamically to changing needs and new information.
— Carol M. Rose, Yale Law School

Cass Sunstein

A superb integratin of theory and practice, Eco-pragmatism should be read by everyone interested in environmental protection and environmental law....A first-rate book.
— The University of Chicago Law School

Editorial Reviews

Steering a middle course between "bean counters" and "tree huggers," Farber (law, U. of Minnesota) cites to frame the major debates in US environmental law: weighing economics against quality of life issues, and assessing baseline-future dimensions in an uncertain world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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