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Sahotra Sarkar, Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction

Cambridge University Press, 2005, 258 pp, price $75.00 (hbk), ISBN 0:521851327

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I thank Greg Mikkelson for helpful comments on a draft of this essay.

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Odenbaugh, J. Sahotra Sarkar, Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction. Biol Philos 24, 541–550 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-007-9087-5

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