Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-901449-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Environmental Ethics for Canadians is a comprehensive introduction to the core ethical questions shaping contemporary environmental debates. A hybrid textbook and reader, this text combines classic essays with contemporary selections and case studies designed for students to fully engage with current issues in environmental ethics.
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- * Indicates commissioned article
- Introduction
- The Nature of Moral Assessment
- Challenges to Morality I: Ethical Egoism
- Challenges to Morality II: Ethical Relativism
- Four Normative Theories
- Part One: Moral Standing
- 1: Animal Welfarism
- Moral Standing and Speciesism
- - "All Animals Are Equal"
- Beyond Utilitarianism
- Problems with Animal Welfarism and Animal Citizenship
- - "Animal Citizenship" (Canadian) (commissioned) * NEW
- Case Study: Sustainabilitarianism and Eating Beef
- 2: Biocentrism
- Rights for Living Things?
- - "Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects"
- Biocentric Egalitarianism
- - "The Biocentric Outlook on Nature"
- Human Superiority and Inter-Species Conflict
- Case Study: Respect for Nature and the North Mackenzie River Watershed
- 3: Ecocentrism and Deep Ecology
- The Land Ethic
- - "The Land Ethic"
- Going Deep
- - "Identification as a Source of Deep Ecological Attitudes"
- Three Objections and Responses
- Case Study: Tallgrass Prairie as an "Endangered Space"
- Part Two: Challenges and New Directions
- 4: Economics and Ecology
- Optimal Thinking
- - "People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution"
- The Allure of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Problems with Cost-Benefit Analysis
- - "Ethics, Public Policy, and Global Warming" * NEW
- Case Study: Aquaculture and the Economic Growth Imperative
- 5: Environmental Pragmatism
- Two Problems with Intrinsic Value
- Value Pluralism: Reclaiming the Land Ethic
- - "Before Environmental Ethics"
- The Importance of Building Consensus
- - "Environmental Pragmatism" *
- Case Study: Protecting Canada's Freshwater Resource
- 6: Ecofeminism
- Sexism and Naturism: Making the Connection
- - "The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism"
- Overcoming Dualisms
- Ecofeminism Now
- - "Ecofeminists Without Borders: The Power of Method" * NEW
- E Conclusion
- Case Study: Dioxin in Breast Milk and Women as Frontline Environmentalists
- 7: Environmental Aesthetics
- Beauty and Duty: Mapping the Terrain
- - "Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and Environmentalism" *
- The Dispositive Character of Natural Beauty Judgments
- - "The Moral Dimensions of Natural Beauty" *
- Aesthetic Weight and the Preservationist's Dilemma
- - "Aesthetic Preservation" *
- Case Study: Nunavut and the Reciprocity Thesis
- 8: First Nations' Perspectives
- The Circle
- - "The Sacred Circle of Life"
- Confronting Myths of the Ecological Amerindian
- - "The 'Ecological Indian' and Environmentalism" *
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Case Study: Language, Land, and the Residential Schools
- 9: Environmental Virtue Ethics
- Human Excellence and the Environment
- - "Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments"
- Epistemic Environmental Virtues
- - "Epistemic Virtue and the Ecological Crisis" NEW
- Two Objections and Responses
- Case Study: Three Canadian Environmentalist Exemplars
- 10: Social Ecology and Environmental Activism
- Bookchin's Social Ecology
- The Importance of Activism
- - "Environmental Political Activism" * NEW
- The Problem of Domination
- Integrity and Stewardship
- - "Ecological Integrity: Between Ethics and Law" * NEW
- Case Study: Fighting Hierarchy through Access to Knowledge
- Part Three: Environmental Issues
- 11: Climate Change
- Confronting Climate Change Denial
- Responsibility for Climate Change
- - "American Disenlightenment, or Climate Change Made in the USA" * NEW
- The Problem of Political Inertia
- - "Saved by Disaster? Abrupt Climate Change, Political Inertia, and the Possibility of an Intergenerational Arms Race"
- Case Study: Current Effects of Climate Change: The Mountain Pine Beetle
- 12: Population and Consumption
- Malthus's Challenge
- - "An Essay on the Principle of Population"
- The Economist's Retort
- - "Can the Supply of Natural Resources Really Be Infinite? Yes!"
- Peak Oil and the Tar Sands
- Case Study: Making Space for Grizzlies
- 13: The Biodiversity Crisis
- Species or Individuals?
- The Nature of Biodiversity
- - "The Power of Diversity"
- The Value of Biodiversity
- - "Why Put a Value on Biodiversity?"
- Species Preservation: The Challenge of Climate Change
- - "Global Climate Change and Species Preservation" * NEW
- Case Study: Biodiversity in Carolinian Canada
- 14: Sustainability
- Sustainability and Human Needs
- - "The Concept of 'Sustainability'" *
- Sustainability and Substitutability
- Sustainability and the City
- - "Sustainability and Sense of Place" *
- Case Study: Nuclear Power: Unsustainable Train to the Future?
