Exploring Geoethics Ethical Implications, Societal Contexts, and Professional Obligations of the Geosciences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bohle, Martin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Environment.; Geotechnical engineering.; Environmental geography.; Economic geology.; Environmental sciences-Philosophy.; Earth System Sciences.; Environment Studies.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Environmental Geography.; Economic Geology.; Environmental Philosophy.

This book explores the potential of geoethics, as designed within the operational criteria of addressing the deeds and values of the human agent as part of the Earth system. It addresses three key questions: i) what should be considered 'geoethics' in an operational sense, ii) what is peri...

Table of Contents:

• 1.0 Setting the Scene
• 2.0 Contemporary Geoethics within Geosciences
• 3.0 Exploring Societal Intersections of Geoethical Thinking
• 4.0 Humanistic Geosciences and the Planetary Human Niche
• 5.0 Reframing Geoethics?