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The sacred, reverence for life, and environmental ethics in america. Marion hourdequin is an associate professor of philosophy and director of the environmental program at colorado college. Environmental ethics is an academic subfield of philosophy concerned with. Climate ethics has been concerned with polluter pays, beneficiary pays and ability to pay principles, all of which consider climate change as a single negative externality.
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