Environmental ethics /
edited by Michael Boylan.
- Second edition.
- xv, 400 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I Theoretical Background -- 1. Ethical Reasoning / Michael Boylan -- 2. The Self in Context: A Grounding for Environmentalism / Michael Boylan -- Evaluating a Case Study: Developing a Practical Ethical Viewpoint -- 3. Worldview Arguments for Environmentalism -- A. The Land Ethic and Deep Ecology -- The Land Ethic / Aldo Leopold -- The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary / Arne Naess -- What Is Social Ecology? / Murray Bookchin -- B. Eco-Feminism and Social Justice -- Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory / Carolyn Merchant -- The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism / Karen J. Warren -- Patently Wrong: The Commercialization of Life Forms / Wanda Teays -- C. Aesthetics -- Aesthetics and the Value of Nature / Janna Thompson -- Worldview and the Value-Duty Link to Environmental Ethics / Michael Boylan -- Evaluating a Case Study: Finding the Conflicts -- 4. Anthropocentric versus Biocentric Justifications. A. Anthropocentric Justifications -- Human Rights and Future Generations / Alan Gewirth -- Environmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciesism / Onora O'Neill -- B. Biocentric Justifications -- Environmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natural World / Holmes Rolston -- Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics / Paul W. Taylor -- C. Searching the Middle -- Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental Ethics / James P. Sterba -- On the Reconciliation of Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental Ethics / Brian K. Steverson -- Reconciliation Reaffirmed: A Reply to Steverson / James P. Sterba -- Evaluating a Case Study: Assessing Embedded Levels -- pt. II Applied Environmental Problems -- 5. Pollution and Climate Change -- A. Air and Water Pollution / Michael Boylan -- Polluting and Unpolluting / Benjamin Hale -- Moral Valuation of Environmental Goods / Mark A. Seabright -- B. Climate Change. Does a Failure in Global Leadership Mean It's All Over? -- Climate, Population, and Progress / Ruth Irwin -- Collective Responsibility and Climate Change / Seumas Miller -- Evaluating a Case Study: Applying Ethical Issues -- 6. Animal Rights -- All Animals Are Equal / Peter Singer -- The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights / Tom Regan -- A Critique of Regan's Animal Rights Theory / Mary Anne Warren -- Mary Anne Warren and "Duties to Animals" / Michael Boylan -- Against Zoos / Dale Jamieson -- Evaluating a Case Study: Structuring the Essay -- 7. Sustainability -- A. Sustainability: What It Is and How It Works -- Defining Sustainability Ethics / Randall Curren -- A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics, and the Problem of Moral Corruption / Stephen M. Gardiner -- Sustainability and Adaptation: Environmental Values and the Future / Bryan G. Norton -- B. Sustainability and Development -- Sùstainable Development': Is It a Useful Concept? / Wilfred Beckerman -- On Wilfred Beckerman's Critique of Sustainable Development / Herman E. Daly.