Earthly Goods

Fen Osler Hampson is Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. Judith Reppy is Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University.

Offers valuable insight into the questions of social justice (and injustice) and its various dimensions in the context of environmental change. It is thoughtful as well as thought-provoking. Anyone who is interested in environmental issues stands to benefit from Earthly Goods.(International Journal of World Peace) This book has many strengths. Many of the essays are linked directly to current controversies.... The articles have extensive footnotes and provide a wide range of pointers to further discussion.... To those teaching courses in environmental ethics, humans, and global change or science and society, or even to those who care about these matters on a strictly personal level, the value of the book is substantial. The reality that many scientists and others face is a messy hodgepodge of patently obvious social and ecological disasters, constraints on scientific certainty, and distant and intractable political institutions.... Scientists concerned with these matters will find this book rewarding.... Preserving the authority of science seems to require the separation of 'ought' from 'is,' even though our perceptions of the two are closely linked. This book can help provide a framework within which a more explicit and effective synthesis can be made, and within which scientists and others can act with integrity in their scientific, public, and personal capacities.(Quarterly Review of Biology)