A Moral Code for a Finite World

By HERSCHEL ELLIOTT and RICHARD D. LAMM

What if global warming is a reality, and expanding human activity is causing irreparable harm to the ecosystem? What if the demands of a growing human population and an expanding global economy are causing our oceans to warm up, our ice caps to melt, our supply of edible fish to decrease, our rain forests to disappear, our coral reefs to die, our soils to be eroded, our air and water to be polluted, and our weather to include a growing number of floods and droughts? What if it is sheer hubris

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First Person

4 Rules of Lateness
Notes From Academe

Coal Into Honey
Commentary

Skeptical of Slippage

Past Coverage

How to Behave Ethically Now, in the Face of an Uncertain Future - January 3, 2003
Saving the Environment, One (Fewer) Child at a Time - January 26, 2001
Life in the Lap of Luxury as Ecosystems Collapse - July 30, 1999
2 Pictures of China's Resources, Both Grim - June 18, 2004
To Save the Earth, Scientists Should Join Policy Debates - November 6, 1998

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