Is ecology an 'alternative' natural science?

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Synthese 65 (3):347 - 375 (1985)
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This article discusses whether ecology represents an alternative type of natural science, that is normatively committed. Central questions are:-how man and human action are integrated into the subject matter of ecology.

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The ethics of respect for nature.Paul W. Taylor - 1981 - Environmental Ethics 3 (3):197-218.
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