Featuring sixty-two accessible selections--from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge original research--Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works addresses both of the principal areas of inquiry in the field: the exploration of morality from an environmental perspective and the analysis of the current state of our environment. Aiming to determine what issues really matter, the first section of the book responds to such questions as: What is value? What types of things have value? Is the value of a human being fundamentally different from the kind of value we find elsewhere in nature? What role do consumer goods and services play in a good life? and Is there room for environmental consciousness in a good life? The second section turns to the question of what it would take to solve our environmental problems. It strives to go beyond the "hype" to present informed perspectives on the true nature of those problems and investigates important questions like: What is causing or exacerbating these problems? and What solutions have been tried? The selections present philosophical, biological, and social scientific approaches to the major issues. Environmental Ethics features first-hand descriptions from people who have actually been involved in such projects as wildlife management in Africa, ecofeminist initiatives in India, and radical activism on the high seas. It also provides up-to-date data on population issues and community-based wildlife initiatives. Ideal for undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, environmental issues, and applied ethics, this unique text will also be a helpful resource for graduate students and professors, as it retains most of the footnotes from the original articles.
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David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott are both at University of Arizona.
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Best environmental ethics anthology on the market,
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The new edition of Environmental Ethics includes a bunch of original essays and devotes more space to contemporary issues like climate change. This is clearly the best environmental ethics anthology on the market, but it would be even better if it replaced the section on eco-feminism with a more serious topic like agriculture and the environment.
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environmental therapeutic nihilism, nonsentient nature, most environmental philosophers, contextualist ethic, substantive normative relationship, biocentric individualist, last redwood, biocentric individualism, therapeutic positivism, other environmental professionals, environmental pragmatism, biocentric outlook, unregulated commons, value redwoods, mental state theory, oppressive conceptual framework, possessing inherent worth, world food bank, patriarchal conceptual framework, twin dominations, teleological centers, dalit women, preservationist ideals, deep ecological consciousness, biocentric equality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Oxford University Press, Aldo Leopold, Mark Sagoff, South Africa, North America, Ontario Hydro, Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press, Sand County Almanac, Sea Shepherd, United Nations, Paul Ehrlich, World Resources Institute, Arne Naess, John Muir, Princeton University Press, Tom Regan, Bryan Norton, Garrett Hardin, Holmes Rolston, Island Press, Joel Feinberg, World Health Report New!
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New York, United States, Oxford University Press, Aldo Leopold, Mark Sagoff, South Africa, North America, Ontario Hydro, Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press, Sand County Almanac, Sea Shepherd, United Nations, Paul Ehrlich, World Resources Institute, Arne Naess, John Muir, Princeton University Press, Tom Regan, Bryan Norton, Garrett Hardin, Holmes Rolston, Island Press, Joel Feinberg, World Health Report New!
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- The Elements of Justice by David Schmidtz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Civil Society and Government. by Nancy L. Rosenblum in Back Matter
- The Sustainability Curriculum: The Challenge for Higher Education by John Blewitt on page 248
- Cave Conservation and Restoration by Edited by Val Hildreth-Werker and Jim C. Werker on page 252
- Satisficing and Maximizing: Moral Theorists on Practical Reason by Michael Byron in Front Matter
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