| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
277 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Science, Ethics, and the Environment 2 -- Discussion: Technological Solutions to Environmental Problems 2 -- 1.1 Introduction: Why Philosophy? 5 -- 1.2 Science and Ethics 7 -- 1.3 What Is Environmental Ethics? 11 -- Chapter 2 Ethical Theory and the Environment 15 -- Discussion: Individual Rights and Social Goods 15 -- 2.2 Why Ethical Theory? 19 -- 2.3 Ethical Relativism 20 -- 2.4 Natural Law--The Tradition of Teleology 22 -- 2.5 Utilitarian Tradition 26 -- 2.6 Deontology: An Ethics of Duty and Rights 29 -- 2.7 Social Justice and Property Rights 31 -- Part II Environmental Ethics as Applied Ethics 37 -- Chapter 3 Ethics and Economics: The Cases of Forests and Pollution 38 -- Discussion: Development Versus Preservation 38 -- 3.2 Forests: Conservation or Preservation? 41 -- 3.3 Managing the National Forests 43 -- 3.4 Pollution and Economics 48 -- 3.5 Ethical Issues in Economic Analysis 51 -- 3.6 Cost-Benefit Analysis 53 -- 3.7 Ethical Analysis and Environmental Economics 55 -- 3.8 Sustainable Economics 60 -- Chapter 4 Responsibilities to Future Generations: Population and Consumption 67 -- Discussion: Population and Consumption 67 -- 4.2 Population, Consumption, and Ethics 69 -- 4.3 Do We Have Responsibilities to Future Generations? 72 -- 4.4 Responsibilities to the Future: Utilitarian Happiness 76 -- 4.5 Responsibilities to the Future: The Rights of Future People 79 -- 4.6 Responsibilities to the Future: Caring for the Future 82 -- 4.7 Do We Consume Too Much? 86 -- 4.8 Conclusion: Sustainable Living--Now and in the Future 88 -- Chapter 5 Responsibilities to the Natural World: From Anthropocentric to Nonanthropocentric Ethics 93 -- Discussion: Mass Extinctions 93 -- 5.2 Moral Standing in the Western Tradition 95 -- 5.3 Early Environmental Ethics: Passmore and Blackstone 98 -- 5.4 Moral Standing: The Recent Debate 103 -- 5.5 Do Trees Have Standing? 106 -- Chapter 6 Responsibilities to the Natural World: The Case for Animals 112 -- Discussion: Animal Research and Factory Farming 112 -- 6.2 Peter Singer and the Animal Liberation Movement 114 -- 6.3 Tom Regan and Animal Rights 116 -- 6.4 Ethical Implications of Animal Welfare 118 -- 6.5 Criticisms 119 -- Part III Theories of Environmental Ethics 127 -- Chapter 7 Biocentric Ethics and the Inherent Value of Life 128 -- Discussion: Biodiversity 128 -- 7.2 Instrumental Value and Intrinsic Value 131 -- 7.3 Biocentric Ethics and the Reverence for Life 135 -- 7.4 Ethics and Character 137 -- 7.5 Taylor's Biocentric Ethics 139 -- 7.6 Practical Implications 143 -- 7.7 Challenges and Developments 145 -- Chapter 8 Ecology, Wilderness, and Ethics 152 -- Discussion: Fires and Wilderness Management: The Cases of Yellowstone and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 152 -- 8.2 Wilderness Ideal 156 -- 8.3 Wilderness "Myth": The Contemporary Debate 161 -- 8.4 From Ecology to Philosophy 167 -- 8.5 From Ecology to Ethics 174 -- 8.6 Varieties of Holism 176 -- Chapter 9 Land Ethic 181 -- Discussion: A Place for Predators 181 -- 9.2 Land Ethic 186 -- 9.3 Leopold's Holism 190 -- 9.4 Criticisms of the Land Ethic: Facts and Values 192 -- 9.5 Criticisms of the Land Ethic: Holistic Ethics 195 -- 9.6 Callicott's Revisions 201 -- Chapter 10 Deep Ecology 210 -- Discussion: Environmental Activism: Legal and Illegal 210 -- 10.2 Deep Ecology Platform 214 -- 10.3 Ecology and Ecophilosophy 215 -- 10.4 Metaphysical Ecology 217 -- 10.5 From Metaphysics to Ethics 220 -- 10.6 Self-Realization and Biocentric Equality 224 -- 10.7 Criticisms 227 -- Chapter 11 Social Ecology and Ecofeminism 232 -- Discussion: The World Bank Memo and the Chipko Movement 232 -- 11.2 Theories of Social Justice 237 -- 11.3 Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism 240 -- 11.4 Murray Bookchin's Social Ecology 243 -- 11.5 Critical Reflections 246 -- 11.6 Ecofeminism: Making Connections 249 -- 11.7 Ecofeminism: Recent Developments 253 -- Epilogue: Pluralism and Pragmatism 262. |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. (OCoLC)fst00912979
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Umweltethik (DE-588)4078520-8
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| ISBN |
0534519660 |
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9780534519667 |
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