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"Booth puts forward th case for a new, ethical approach to evaluating environmental questions, arguing that if human and biotic life are viewed as valuable in their own right, then we need an alternative to cost-benefit analysis, an alternative he calls steady-state economics, based on the concept of ethical commitment."
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Douglas Booth's pioneering book is an example of the kind of intellectual effort we will need if we are to make the transition to a sustainable way of life.
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Booth puts forward th case for a new, ethical approach to evaluating environmental questions, arguing that if human and biotic life are viewed as valuable in their own right, then we need an alternative to cost-benefit analysis, an alternative he calls steady-state economics, based on the concept of ethical commitment.
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The Environmental Consequences of Growth; Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (New Directions in Social Economics)
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