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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
Cairns: Eco-Ethics and Sustainability Ethics 159ABOUT THE AUTHORJohn Cairns, Jr.University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Biology Emeritus, Department of Biology and DirectorEmeritus, University Center for Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State UniversityA biographical sketch and photograph of the author are in ESEP Book 1, Goals and Conditions for aSustainable World. Since that book’s publication, Cairns has been made an Honorary Member of the WorldInnovation Foundation. ESEP Book 2 Part 1 lists representative organizations with which the author hasassociated as a consultant or researcher, his service on the US National Research Council, and his serviceon committees of national and international importance.Over his lifetime, Cairns has chaired 74 graduate committees and been a member of over 100 more. Since1948, John Cairns, Jr. has been author and editor of almost 1500 works, including books, bulletins, chapters,journal articles, abstracts and editorials. Cairns' work has appeared in 168 journals; his readership spans theglobe.Courses taught during Cairns' career include Ethics and Science; Protozoology; Limnology; MicrobialPopulation and Community Dynamics; Ecology; General Biology; Stressed Ecosystems; Aquatic Ecology;Environmental Science — Water; Comparative Aquatic Ecology; Ecology of Polluted Waters; GeneralPhysiology; Environmental Science —Management; Extrachromosomal Inheritance; Generating a ScientificData Base for Societal Decisions; Biological Testing of Hazardous Chemicals; Hazard Evaluation andEcosystem Risk Analysis; Winning the Games Scientists Play; Politics, Economics, Science — Going BeyondDisciplinary Boundaries to Protect Natural Ecosystems; and Restoration Ecology.
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