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Environmental Ethics and Process Thinking / Clare Palmer.

Includes bibliographical references.
1. Environmental ethics 2. Deep ecology
3. Thought and thinking I. Title

GE42.P36 1996 179′.1-dc21 97-32420
ISBN 0-19-826952-8

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