Environmental ethics : an introduction to environmental philosophy / Joseph R. Des Jardins.

By:

Jardins, Des Joseph R

Material type:

TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Thomson Learning, c2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 277 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0534519660

Subject(s):

Environmental ethics

DDC classification:

179/.1 21

Contents:

Preface.I. BASIC CONCEPTS.1. Science, Ethics, and the Environment.2. Ethical Theory and the Enivornment.II. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AS APPLIED ETHICS.3. Ethics and Economics: Managing Public Lands4. Responsibilities to Future Generations: Sustainable Development 5. Responsibilities to the Natural World: From Anthropocentric to Nonanthropocentric Ethics.III. THEORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS6. Biocentric Ethics and the Inherent Value of Life.7. Wilderness, Ecology, and Ethics.8. The Land Ethic.9. Deep Ecology10. Environmental Justice and Social Ecology.11. Ecofeminism.12. Pluralism, Pragmatism, and Sustainability.Glossary.Index.

Summary: Offers an introduction to issues of environmental ethics and major schools of thought in the field. This title presents a discussion of basic concepts in ethical theory, followed by an application of these thoughts across a variety of major environmental problems (such as pollution, population, and animals)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Offers an introduction to issues of environmental ethics and major schools of thought in the field. This title presents a discussion of basic concepts in ethical theory, followed by an application of these thoughts across a variety of major environmental problems (such as pollution, population, and animals)