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Author Bargheer, Stefan, author.

Title Moral entanglements : conserving birds in Britain and Germany / Stefan Bargheer.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-309) and index.
Contents Prologue: a bird's eye view -- A pragmatist theory of morality -- Collector's items and viable means -- Technology comes to the countryside -- Field ornithology and practical bird conservation -- Endangered birds and indicator species -- Bird watching as organizational strategy -- Data power and geographical reference frames -- Conclusion: studying morality.
Summary At the centre of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments. Using life history data derived from written narratives and oral histories, 'Moral Entanglements' follows the development of conservation from the point in time at which the greatest declines in bird life took place to the current efforts in large-scale biodiversity conservation and environmental policy within the European Union. While often depicted as the outcome of an environmental revolution that has taken place since the 1960s, Bargheer demonstrates to the contrary that the relevant practices and institutions that shape contemporary conservation have evolved gradually since the early 19th century.
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Subject Birds -- Conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- England.
Birds -- Conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics -- England.
Ethics -- Germany.
Birds -- Conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Ethics
Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
England https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYDdYvBpjXV6WpybK68C
Germany https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd
Other Form: Print version: Bargheer, Stefan. Moral entanglements. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018 9780226376639 (DLC) 2017039380 (OCoLC)1002722379
ISBN 9780226543963 (electronic book)
022654396X (electronic book)
9780226376639 (hardcover alkaline paper)
022637663X (hardcover alkaline paper)
9780226543826 (paperback alkaline paper)
022654382X (paperback alkaline paper)