The moral weight of ecology : public goods, cooperative duties, and environmental politics

Preface -- Introduction : ecology at the margins -- Part I: Who should bear the costs and burdens of environmentalism?. What is "tragic" about the tragedy of the Commons? ; Are environmental problems "prisoners' dilemmas"? ; The non-excludability problem ; Fairness and non-excludability ; Non-excludability and non-excusability ; Intentions, free riders, and honest holdouts ; Concluding remarks to Part I -- Part II: What are we asking when we ask "what is the natural environment worth?"?. Markets versus politics-a brief overview ; How not to frame the question ; The embedding effect and the moral content of economic valuation ; The rationality of environmental "charity" ; Values, preferences, and category mistakes ; Strategic bidding and the burdens we wish upon others ; Concluding remarks to Part II -- Afterword : the poverty of ecology