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Eksplozja demograficzna – zagrożenia i dylematy etyczno-prawne
The demographic explosion – risks as well as ethical and legal dilemmas

Author(s): Agnieszka Klimska, Małgorzata Kaniewska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Demography and human biology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: human population explosion; birth control; Malthusianism; Neo-Malthusianism; anti-althusianism

Summary/Abstract: The article considers risks as well as ethical and legal dilemmas arising from the human population explosion. It presents the causes of this occurrence, its course and forecasts as to the further growth of the global population. Furthermore, it contains an analysis of birth control methods and shows a link between arguments of selected stances and inter alia economics and ecology.The human population explosion has been recognised by the authors as one of the major causes of the deepening crisis in the natural environmental balance.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 125-143
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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