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Author: Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.614kg
ISBN: 9780195325461
ISBN 10: 019532546
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 20 September 2007
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
one of the most powerful academic books I have read and heard of. It is philosophically sound and coherent, but if this was all I said about it, I am not sure Shrader-Frechette would regard it as a compliment. She wants more than that. She hopes her book will inspire the readers to act. Philosophically sound and coherent is just not enough ... if all that is going to happen to the reader when he or she reads the book is just thinking Oh my God, this is awful , then the reader has missed something. After reading Taking Action, Saving Lives, one should take action and save lives. Hopefully, you will not be the same person you were before reading it. * Avner de Shalit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Political Studies Review *
This book is inspirational as much as it is scientific.... Highly recommended. --M. Gochfeld, CHOICE<br> Kristin Shrader-Frechette is a unique voice in environmental ethics. Her new book, Taking Action, Saving Lives, is a welcome addition to her impressive list of books examining aspects of environmental policy from a richly informed philosophical perspective. This book offers an accessible primer for anyone who wants to know the kinds of things one needs to know in order to reflect on questions of environmental ethics from a perspective that elevates human health risks to the foreground. --Madison Powers, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<br>
one of the most powerful academic books I have read and heard of. It is philosophically sound and coherent, but if this was all I said about it, I am not sure Shrader-Frechette would regard it as a compliment. She wants more than that. She hopes her book will inspire the readers to act. Philosophically sound and coherent is just not enough ... if all that is going to happen to the reader when he or she reads the book is just thinking Oh my God, this is awful , then the reader has missed something. After reading Taking Action, Saving Lives, one should take action and save lives. Hopefully, you will not be the same person you were before reading it. Avner de Shalit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Political Studies Review
Author Information
Kristin Shrader-Frechette is O'Neill Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where she also directs the Center for Environmental Justice and Children's Health. Advisor to the United Nations and to many countries and U.S. agencies on public health, environmental justice, bioethics, and nuclear-waste management, Shrader-Frechette is the author of fifteen books and some 350 articles.
