The human relationship with nature : development and culture / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
The human relationship with nature : development and culture / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
The human relationship with nature : development and culture / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
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N155.91/10
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English
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xiv, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Biophilia Hypothesis: Empirical Support and Amplifying Evidence -- 2. The Biophilia Hypothesis: Conceptual Difficulties and Empirical Limitations -- 3. The Psychological Framework: Structure and Development -- 4. Obligatory and Discretionary Morality -- 5. Structural-Developmental Methods --...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c1999.
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In these studies Kahn seeks answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and how do they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deep connection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do such connections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moral maturity?...
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The human relationship with nature : development and culture / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
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c1999.
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N155.91/10
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74VvNXLQ3GQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNXLQ3GQd
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026211240X (hardcover : alk. paper) :
026211240X (hardcover : alk. paper)
026211240X :
9780262611701 (pbk)
0262611708 (pbk)
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155.91
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991012942199702626
