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Environmental Ethics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)

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This is a compilation of numerous important and influential articles published in the field of environmental ethics. To fully understand and contribute to the field of environmental ethics, (I think) one should read most (if not all) of the articles published in this anthology. Furthermore, if you're teaching a course on environmental philosophy, this anthology will save you precious time and energy since it contains many of the paradigmatic works within the field.

The authors were excessively wordy and used terminology that only a PhD could understand.
The information was repetitive and contradictory.

Environmental ethics is an extremely important subject, but it is not best served by squishy articles about deep ecology and ecofeminism. Philosophers from David Schmidtz to Carol Rose have written brilliantly about pollution, climate change, and conservation. Unfortunately, none of these articles are represented in this volume. If you're in the market for a serious discussion of environmentalism, and environmental policy, check out Eban Goodstein's Economics and the Environment. Unlike most of the articles in this volume, it is both sympathetic to environmental goals and clearly written.