Sustainability ethics: tales of two cultures

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  • John Cairns
  • Garrett Hardin
چکیده

Two small, isolated Pacific islands colonized by Polynesians experienced quite different fates—Easter Island suffered a major ecological collapse, while Tikopia appears to have attained sustainability. Both events occurred before European contact and provide valuable evidence in the discussion of sustainability ethics.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004