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Nature and Resource Conservation as Value-Assessment Reflections on Theology and Ethics

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Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments

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Scientific insight alone is disabled as a long-term basis and motivation for ethical behavior. We live and make decisions as much from the soul as from reason. Water is practically “a culturally universal symbol.” It stands not only for biological but also for spiritual existence. Toward this goal, the behavior toward water must be regarded as a socioeconomic, ethical, and environmental challenge that concerns not only institutions but also the society as a whole.

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  1. Naturhistorischer Verein, University at Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Hermann Josef Roth

  2. Europainstitut für cisterciensische Geschichte, Päpstliche Hochschule Heiligenkreuz, Vienna, Austria

    Hermann Josef Roth

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  1. University of Jerusalem, Mevo Hadas 20, Efrat, 90435, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

  2. Blue Ecosystems, Hagat Street 26, Zichron Yaakov, 30900, Israel

    Rachel Einav

  3. Limnological Research, Israel Oceanographic &, Haifa, Israel

    Alvaro Israel

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Roth, H.J. (2010). Nature and Resource Conservation as Value-Assessment Reflections on Theology and Ethics. In: Seckbach, J., Einav, R., Israel, A. (eds) Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8569-6_24

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