Gillroy / Bowersox The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making

Sustainability, Democracy, and Normative Argument in Policy and Law
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8346-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 397 Seiten

A roundtable discussion on the missing ethical dimension in environmental policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gillroy, John Martin

Bowersox, Joe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Buck, Susan

Paehlke, Robert

Kassiola, Joel J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables

Preface

Introduction: The Roots of Moral Austerity in Environmental Policy Discourse

Part I. Moral Principles and Environmental Policy: Basic Issues and Dilemmas

Issue 1: Science as a Substitute for Moral Principles?

Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle / Susan Buck

Science Is No Substitute for Moral Principle / Robert Paehlke

Issue 2: Environmental Justice without Social Justice?

Why Environmental Thought and Action Must Include Considerations of Social Justice / Joel J. Kassiola

Environmental Justice: Private Preference or Public Necessity? / Joe Bowersox

Issue 3: Nature Has Only an Instrumental Value

Sustainability: Descriptive or Performative? / Bryan Norton

Are Environmental Values All Instrumental? / Mark Sagoff

Issue 4: Intrinsic Value Implies No Use and a Threat to Democratic Governance

A Practical Concept of Nature’s Intrinsic Value / John Martin Gillroy

On Intrinsic Value and Environmental Ethics / Bob Pepperman Taylor

Part II: Case Studies in Sustainable Environmental Policy and Law

Introduction

The Subnational Role in Sustainable Development: Lessons from American States and Canadian Provinces / Barry G. Rabe

Sustainable Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation / Anna K. Schwab and David J. Brower

Sustainable Governance / Jonathan Baert Wiener

Sustainability in the United States: Legal Tools and Initiatives / Celia Campbell-Mohn

Sustainable Development and the Use of Public Lands / Jan G. Laitos

The Impact of Political Institutions on Preservation of the U.S. and Canadian National Parks / William Lowry

Global Environmental Accountability: The Missing Link in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development? / Robert V. Percival

Part III: Moral Principles and Sustainable Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Ends and Means

Introduction

Issue I: Science and Sustainability

Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Values / Robert Paehlke

Saving All the Parts: Science and Sustainability / Susan Buck

Discussion

Issue 3: A Sustainable Environment as an Instrumental Value?

The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Environment / Mark Sagoff

Why Not Foxy Hedgehogs? / Bryan Norton

Discussion

Issue 4: A Sustainable Environment as an Intrinsic Value?

Sustainability: Restricting the Policy Debate / John Martin Gillroy

Comments on Sustainability / Bob Pepperman Taylor

Discussion

Conclusion: Democratic Competence, Accountability, and Education in the Twenty-first Century

Notes

References

Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

John Martin Gillroy is MacArthur Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at Bucknell University.Joe Bowersox is Associate Professor of Politics at Willamette University.