{"product_id":"environmental-ethics-9781405176385","title":"Environmental Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of multidisciplinary readings, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics: The Big Questions\u003c\/i\u003e contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of Western intellectual tradition and traces the development of theory since the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an extended introduction that provides an historical and thematic introduction to the field of environmental ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a selection of brief original essays on why to study environmental ethics by leaders in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContextualizes environmental ethics within the history of the Western intellectual tradition by exploring anthropocentric (human-centered) and nonanthropocentric precedents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an interdisciplinary approach to the field by featuring seminal work from eminent philosophers, biologists, ecologists, historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, nature writers, business writers, and others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned to be used with a web-site which contains a continuously updated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOverall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for the future.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 November 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOverall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for many years to come.\" (\u003ci\u003eEconomics \u0026amp; Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The major strength of the book is the fact that it evolved from a classroom course on environmental ethics. The different texts are selected, put together and introduced by an experienced teacher. As such, the selection of text has already proven successful and instructive. The editor has put an enormous amount of effort into selecting the right texts, which took him, according to the preface, over four years.\" (\u003ci\u003eEthical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Preface.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. What is the Proper Suject-Matter of Moral Philosophy? A Brief Overview of Environmental Ethics:\u003c\/b\u003e David Keller.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Why Study Environmental Ethics?\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssays by:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmily Brady.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsis Brook.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaird Callicott.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictoria Davion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrederick Ferré.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWarwick Fox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreta Gaard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Granrose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGene Hargrove.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrew Light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBryan Norton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClare Palmer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolmes Rolston.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Rothenberg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Sagoff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Sterba.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKaren Warren.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Zimmerman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. WHAT IS ANTHROPOCENTRISM?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Humans as Moral Ends: Saint Thomas Aquinas from \u003ci\u003eSumma Contra Gentiles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Mastery of Nature: Francis Bacon from \u003ci\u003eThe Great Instauration\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Nonhumans as Machines: Rene Descartes from \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on the Method\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Amoral Status of Nature: John Stuart Mill from “Nature”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Nature as Economic Resource: John Locke from “Of Property”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Indirect Duties to Nonhumans: Immanuel Kant from \u003ci\u003eLectures on Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Mechanistic Metaphysics: Isaac Newton from\u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. In Defense of Anthropocentrism: Wilfred Beckerman and Joanna Pasek from \u003ci\u003eJustice, Posterity, and the Environment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. WHAT IS NONANTHROPOCENTRISM?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Walking: Henry David Thoreau from \u003ci\u003eExcursions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West: John Muir from \u003ci\u003eOur National Parks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Yosemite\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?: Richard Routley from \u003ci\u003eProceedings of teh XVth World Congress of Philosophy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Attitudes to Nature: John Passmore from \u003ci\u003eNature and Conduct\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Should Trees Have Standing?: Christopher D. Stone from the \u003ci\u003eSouthern California Law Review Vol. 45\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Varieties of Intrinsic Value: John O'Neill from \u003ci\u003eThe Monist Vol. 75\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Value in Nature and the Nature of Value: Holmes Rolston.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The End of Anthropocentrism?: Mary Midgley from \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Natural Environment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Is the Crown of Creation a Dunce Cap?: Chip Ward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF MORAL CONSIDERABILITY?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. All Animals are Equal: Peter Singer from \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Exchange vol. 1\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Case for Animal Rights: Tom Reagan from \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e and “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. On Being Morally Considerable: Kenneth E. Goodpaster from \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Ethics of Respect for Nature: Paul W. Taylor from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics vol. 3\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from \u003ci\u003eInquiry vol. 16\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The Heart of Deep Ecology: Tom McLaughlin from \u003ci\u003eDeep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. The Deep Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from \u003ci\u003ePhilisophical Inquiry vol. VIII\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Transpersonal Ecology as a Distinctive Approach to Ecophilosophy: Warwick Fox from \u003ci\u003eToward a Transpersonal Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Land Ethic: Aldo Leopold from \u003ci\u003eA Sand County Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic: J. Baird Callicott from \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of the Land Ethic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Gaia As Seen Through the Atmosphere: James Lovelock from \u003ci\u003eAtmospheric Environment vol. 6\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Kantians and Utilitarians and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Life: James P. Sterba from \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Persons in Nature: Frederick Ferré from \u003ci\u003eEthics in teh Environment vol. 1.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. General Ethics: Fox from \u003ci\u003eDeveloping a General Ethics: An Introduction to the Theory of Responsive Cohesion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart VII. WHAT ARE PROMINENT ALTERNATIVES TO GROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN MORAL EXTENSIONISM?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. What is Social Ecology?: Murray Bookchin from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. Socialism and Ecology: James O'Connor from \u003ci\u003eCapitalism, Nature, Socialism vol. 2\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism: Karen J. Warren from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics vol. 12\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39. Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory: Carolyn Merchant from \u003ci\u003eReweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism\u003c\/i\u003e and Feminism and the Philosophy of Nature: Carolyn Merchant from \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Nature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40. Nature, Self, and Gender: A Critique of Rationalism: Val Plumwood from \u003ci\u003eHypatia vol. 6\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41. Environmental Virtue Ethics: Sandler from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Virtue Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42. Continental Environmental Ethics: Vogel, “Nature as Origin and Difference”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43. Beyond Intrinsic Value: Pragmatism in Environmental Ethics: Anthony Weston from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics vol. 7.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44. The Case For a Practical Pluralism: Andrew Light from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45. Earth First!: David Foreman \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive vol. 45.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46. The Ethics of Ecological Sabotage: An Exchange from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental vol. 4.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea. “Ecological Sabotage: Pranks or Terrorism?”: Hargrove.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb. “Earth First! and the Monkey Wrench Gang”: Edward Abbey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec. “More on Earth First! and The Monkey Wrench Gang”: David Foreman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ed. Response: Hargrove.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII. WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NATURE, CULTURE, SUBJECTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48. Subjectivist Environmental Ethics: Elliot from \u003ci\u003eMeta-Ethics and Environmental Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49. How to Construe Nature: Roger J. H. King from \u003ci\u003eBetween the Species.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50. The Trouble with Wilderness: William Cronon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51. Ecological Realism: Shepard from “Virtually Hunting Reality in the Forests of Simulacra”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52. Environmental Ethics and the Philosophy of Technology: Rothenberg from \u003ci\u003eHand’s End\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX. WHAT IS THE USE OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54. Ecology—A Subversive Subject: Paul B. Sears.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55. What is Conservation Biology?: Michael E. Soulé from \u003ci\u003eBioScience vol. 35.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56. Environmental Ethics and Ecological Science: Mark Sagoff from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics and International Policy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57. The Metaphysical Implications of Ecology: J. Baird Callicott from \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics vol. 7.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58. The Ends of the World as We Know Them: Jared Diamond from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59. An Essay on the Principle of Population: Thomas Malthus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60. The Tragedy of the Commons: Garrett Hardin from \u003ci\u003eScience vol. 162\u003c\/i\u003e and Ethical Implications of Carrying Capacity: Garrett Hardin from \u003ci\u003eManaging the Commons\u003c\/i\u003e and The Immorality of Being Softhearted: Garrett Hardin from \u003ci\u003eThe Relevant Scientist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61. Impact of Population Growth: Paul R. Ehrlich and John P. Holdren from \u003ci\u003eScience vol. 171\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62. How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation: Barry Commoner from \u003ci\u003eRamparts vol. 13.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63. More People, Greater Wealth, More Resources, Healthier Environment: Julian L. Simon from \u003ci\u003eEconomic Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64. Population: Delusion and Reality: Amartya Sen from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65. A Special Moment in History: The Future of Population: Bill McKibben from \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66. Nature as the Measure for a Sustainable Agriculture: Wes Jackson from \u003ci\u003eEcology, Economics, Ethics- The Broken Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67. Putting Food Production in Context: Toward a Postmechanistic Agricultural Ethic: \u003ci\u003eDavid R. Keller and E. Charles Brummer from BioScience vol. 52.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68. Environmental Justice for All: Robert D. Bullard from \u003ci\u003eUnequal Protection\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69. Just Garbage: Peter S. Wenz from Faces of Environmental Racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70. A Declaration of Sustainability: Paul Hawken from the \u003ci\u003eUTNE Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71. Steady-State Economy: Herman E. Daly from \u003ci\u003eValuing the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72. The Triple-Bottom Line: John Elkington from \u003ci\u003eCannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of the 21st Century Business.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73. The Ignorance Argument: Bryan Norton from \u003ci\u003eEconomics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74. Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Debt: Clark Wolf from \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companion to Environmental Philosophy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75. The Environmental Limits to Globalization: David Ehrenfeld from \u003ci\u003eConservation Biology vol. 19\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76. The Future of Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII. BIBLIOGRAPHY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XIII. 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