"Economic Ideology about the Environment: From Adam Smith to Bjørn Lomborg"
The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.
The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.
Carrie L. Hull discusses debates taking place among environmental scientists, providing a brief overview of the history of the formalist tendency in philosophy, and an illustration of the ways in which advocates of a strict laboratory methodology implicitly rely on this foundation.
Andrew Jamison and Erik Baark attempt to indicate how national cultural differences affect the ways in which science and technology policies in the environmental field are formulated and implemented.
Mark Huxham and David Sumner assess the case of the Brent Spar, discussing some of the lessons that should be learnt from the incident by policy makers and scientists.
Kay Milton shows that the idea that humans see nature as sacred, and the acknowledgment that humanity is a part of nature rather than separate from it are two concepts that are incompatible in the context of western culture.
Clark A. Miller proposes four models of societal processes by which framing occurs, concluding with ideas for further research.
This paper examines technical, ethical and ecological science perspectives on environmental valuation, and discusses problems in terms of the implications for practical policy-making.
Rob Hart and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann analyze inconsistencies in contingent valuation surveys, which have tended to yield results that seem to go contrary to what is seen as “rational choice.”
In this paper Robin S. Gregory discusses six reasons why such trade-offs are difficult and, for each, present helpful techniques from the decision sciences along with case study examples of successful applications.
This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.