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The environmental ethics and policy book philosophy, ecology, economics

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  • Author: VanDeVeer, Donald
    Contributor: Pierce, Christine
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    2012
    Summary:

    Using a philosophical approach this book explores ethical aspects of the treatment of nonhumans, the planet, and its resources by humans. Questions of what we have done to the planet, what we are doing now, and what should be done differently are explored as is the question as to whether beings other than humans have a value of their own, not just one assigned by humans.

    Contents:
    • An introduction to ethical theory
    • Moral argument and ethical theory
    • Influential ethical ideas and theories
    • Western religious and cultural perspectives
    • The other nimals
    • Constructing an environmental ethic
    • The broader, biotic community
    • Deep ecology and social ecology
    • Ecofeminism
    • Economics, ethics, and ecology
    • Letting the market decide
    • Cost-benefit analysis
    • From the commons to property
    • Human population and pressure on "resources"
    • Future generations and sustainability questions
    • Environmental problems and policies
    • Preserving biodiversity
    • Food and agriculture
    • Wilderness and forests
    • Corporate responsibility
    • Sliding to global catastrophe
    • Varieties of activism
    • Learning and research tools.
    Subject(s): Environmental ethics | Environmental policy | Moral and ethical aspects
    Original Publisher: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth/Cengage, c2003
    Language(s): English