Water Ethics Network

Water Ethics Network

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Focusing on the values and ethics underlying water policies and behaviors helps in understanding not only why water policies are the way they are, but how they might be... more »
Focusing on the values and ethics underlying water policies and behaviors helps in understanding not only why water policies are the way they are, but how they might be changed to become more sustainable and, in a word, "better." Discussion will, I hope, emphasize DESCRIPTIVE ethics (analyzing the values being expressed in existing policies) more that prescriptive ethics (the moralistic side of ethics). The larger goal is to bring an awareness of values into everyday discourse about water policies, and encourage the explicit incorporation of values into water decisions. « less

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