Environmental Philosophy

A Revaluation of Cosmopolitan Ethics from an Ecocentric Standpoint
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-420-3831-8
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 273, 506 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 908 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series

Environmental Philosophy: A Revaluation of Cosmopolitan Ethics from an Ecocentric Standpoint calls for a new approach to ethics. Starting from the necessity for all life of air, water, and food, the book revalues the relation of ethics and environmentalism. Using insights of the environmental ethicists, environmental ethics becomes the model for ethics as a whole. Humans are part of a larger environment. Cosmopolitanism should be revised in accord with environmental ethics.
The book applies a new theory of values to the relation of value and obligation, and of duty, rights and virtue, to accord with ecocentrism. The book also critically evaluates Utilitarianism and the self interest theory. Other chapters address population, species preservation and a practical program for environmental policy.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Umweltethik, Umweltphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Toward A Deontological Environmental Ethic
Chapter Two: Rethinking Cosmopolitan Ethics
Chapter Three: Cosmopolitan Virtue: A Critical Evaluation Of A Generation
Chapter Five: Value And Obligation
Chapter Six: Rational Self-Interest, An Oxymoron
Chapter Seven: Population: A Critical Evaluation Of The “Right” T O Unlimited
Chapter Eight: In Defense Of Species
Chapter Nine: The Virtues Of Thrift
Chapter Ten: The Culture Of Death
Chapter Eleven: Practical Program For Implementing The Environmental
Epilogue: Environmental Philosophy As A System: From Environmental Ethics To Environmental Philosophy
Appendix: Rare, Threatened And Endangered: Reflections Upon The Categories Of Botanical Scarcity
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index