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158Cairns: Eco-Ethics and Sustainability EthicsCONTENTSDedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157About the author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Articles18. War and Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16119. Future of Life on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17120. Peace and Sustainability: Nurturing Complex Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17421. Allocating Finite Resources on a Finite Planet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18622. Sustainability Ethics Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18923. Taboos and Denials: Major Obstacles to Sustainable Use of the Planet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19424. Consilience or Consequences: Alternative Scenarios for Societal Acceptance ofSustainability Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20225. The Unmanaged Commons: A Major Challenge for Sustainability Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21026. Carrying Capacity, Exponential Growth, and Resource Wars: Ethical Dilemmas ofHuman Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22027. Is Human Society in Denial Regarding the Tough Questions About Sustainability? . . . . . . 23028. Sustainability and Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24529. Sustainability Ethics: Tales of Two Cultures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25330. Numeracy and Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25931. Small Islands: Harbingers of Earth’s Ecological Fate?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27132. You and Earth’s Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27433. Choosing Model Nations to Set Examples for Achieving Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27834. Communication and Status: The Dilemma of an Environmental Scientist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28135. Eco-ethical Issues: Self-regulating versus Subsidized Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28836. Sustainability and the Anthropogenic Alteration of Evolutionary Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . 30137. Coping with Ecological Catastrophe: Crossing Major Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

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