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Comm 2 Prof. Miren Morales

Tentative Bibliography
Section: MHD2
Name: Nathaniel Joseph R. Solibaga
Degree: BS Biochemistry

Score: ____________
Date: January 7, 2013

A. I decided to work on the topic: Awareness about present condition of the

environment is not enough, environmental ethics, policies and rule that will
govern people in utilizing the resources from the environment is necessary.
The campaign for environmental policies shall be intensified.
B. My tentative title for my concept paper is:
Environmental Ethics and Its Necessity
C. The contextual focus of my paper is written below:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this study is to alarm and inform the people particularly
the politicians and convince them that environmental ethics and more
global policies are needed as uide in utilization of environments limited
resources.
2. Target Audience
World, International and National Politicians.
3. Domain
Since environmental ethics started on 1963, the references are limited
to 1963 and above. The scope of this study is global, international and
national since environmental ethics involves different countries of this
world.
4. Relevance
As more and more people are becoming aware about the alarming
condition of the environment, it should be noted and emphasized that
projects such as tree planting for nature is not enough. Rules and
regulations and policies are needed to control the people on their
consumption and utilization of the resources of the earth.
5. Exemplification and Modes of Defining
The chosen topic will be discussed either through examples or
definitions and the like on the following subtopics:
History
Environmental Scientists
Story About Moai
Issues and Debates
Environmental Ethics on a world and international level
Environmental Ethics on a National Perspective
Present Global Policies
Situations on Misused Science

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D. The following are combinations of key words that I use to search online
materials and online library catalogues to find relevant articles and books:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Need for Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics
Awareness of people on the environment
Environmental Policies
Environmental Science

E. I have checked the library resources, and I found the following resources:
Complete Bibliographic Citation using correct
Type This book (or newspaper article,
APA style format for documentation:
of
journal article, etc.) is useful
APA
because...
Sourc
e:
1. Nebel, B. &Wright R.(1996). Environmental
It contains the basic sysytems of
Science: the way world works(5th edition). Upper
environment and before
Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc.
understanding environmental
Book
ethics, understanding of
environmental systems shall be
done.
2. Guerrier,Y.,Alexander,N.,Chase, J. & OBrein,
This book contains Issues,
M.(1995). Values and the environment: a
Debates and Discussions
Book
Science perspective. West Ussex, England: John
regarding Environmental Ethics.
and Wiley Sons Ltd.
3. Park, C. (Ed.).(1986). Environmental policies:
This book is significant since it
an international review. Surry Hills, Australia:
view environmental ethics in an
Croom Helm Ltd.
Book international perspective based
(UP Manila-CAS Library, HC 79 E5 E58)
on the views of different
countries.
4. Sterba, J. (Ed.). (1995).Earth ethics:
This book contains sections about
environmental ethics, animal rights and
animal rights which intensifies
applications.Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
Book and gives lot of reasons for the
Prentice-Hall Inc.(UP Manila-CAS Library GE
campaign for environmental
42 E28)
ethics.
5. Newton, L & Dillingham, C.(1993).
This book gives a classic view on
Watershed:Classic cases in environmental
environmental effects and it gives
ethics. Belmonth, California: Wadsworth Inc. (UP
us clue on the way people view
Book
Manila-CAS Library GE 42 N49)
environmental ethics before due
also to past catastrophies brought
by misused science.
6. Low, N.(Ed.).(1999). Global ethics and
This book gives us some of the
environment. New York, NY: Routledge. (UP
Book Global Ethics and Policies on
Manila-CAS Library GE 42 G56 1999)
Environmental Ethics.
Thesi The topic can be done better if we
7. Santos, M.(2002). Ang tao at ang
s
have a view from our own nation.
kapaligiran : ang pagbabaybay ng mga
We can relate to specific
argumento ng isang antroposentrikong
examples tackled on this thesis.
etikang pangkapaligiran. University of the

Philippines, Diliman, Philippines. (UP

Diliman Library LG 995 2002 P5 S26)

8. Lodge, D. & Shrader-Frechette K. (n.d.).
Nonindigenous species: ecological explanation,
environmental ethics, and public polic.Retrieved
from
http://www3.nd.edu/~underc/east/publications/d
ocuments/Lodge_03CB.pdf
9. De Pelsmacker,P., Driesen, L., & Rayp, G.
(2005). Do consumers care about ethics?
Willingness to pay for Fair-Trade coffee. (Volume
39), Number 2. Retrieved from
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hiscox/Depe
lsmacker.pdf
10. Rolston, III, H. (2003) Environmental
ethics.Retrieved from
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~rolston/ee-blackwellcomp.pdf
11. Zalta, E. (Ed.). (2002).Environmental Ethics
Retrieved from
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethicsenvironmental/

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It talks about invasive species,

which are the subset of
nonindigenous species that cause
economic or environmental
damage and this example can be
used in this study.
It talks about sociodemographical
factors on consumption of a
resource.

This talks about People on

Landscapes Environmental Policy
and Managing Nature which can
contribute to the topic
This gives an over-all view and
gives a wide background
regarding the topic.