num_pages: 84
description: With wit and erudition, Garrett Hardin addresses some of the difficult ethical questions posed by a world of increasingly scarce resources. Briefly stated, the "Promethean" approach argues the necessity of weighing the good of present actions against their possible future consequences. Promethean ethics challenges every proposed action with the ecoligst's question, "And then what?"
language: English
title: Promethean Ethics
titlecomplete: Promethean Ethics
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 6
publisher: University of Washington Press