A cutting-edge introduction to environmental ethics in a time of dramatic global environmental change, this collection contains forty-five commissioned articles, with contributions from well-established experts and emerging voices in the field. Each chapter explains the role played by central theories, ideas, issues, and concepts in contemporary environmental ethics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- The Contributors
- 1. Introducing Contemporary Environmental Ethics Allen Thompson and Stephen M. Gardiner
- Part I. Context: Broad social contexts in which we find ourselves
- 2. A History of Environmental Ethics Jason Kawall
- 3. Environmental Science: Empirical Claims in Environmental Ethics Wendy Parker
- 4. Markets, Ethics, and Environment John O'Neill
- 5. Law, Governance, and the Ecological Ethos Daniel Butt
- 6. The Anthropocene! Beyond the Natural?? Holmes Rolston, III
- Part II. Subjects of Value: What ought to count morally and how
- 7. Anthropocentrism: Humanity as Peril and Promise Allen Thompson
- 8. Conscious Animals and the Value of Experience Lori Gruen
- 9. Living Individuals: Biocentrism in Environmental Ethics Clare Palmer
- 10. How Ecological Collectives are Morally Considerable J. Baird Callicott
- 11. Valuing Wild Nature Philip Cafaro
- Part III. Nature of Value: The meaning of value and normative claims
- 12. Truth and Goodness: Metaethics in Environmental Ethics Katie McShane
- 13. Practical Reasons and Environmental Commitment Alan Holland
- 14. Environmental Hermeneutics and the Meaning of Nature Martin Drenthen
- 15. Phenomenology and Environmental Ethics Ted Toadvine
- 16. Aesthetic Value, Nature, and Environment Emily Brady
- Part IV. How Things Matter: Theoretical perspectives on the way we ought to act
- 17. Consequentialism in Environmental Ethics Avram Hiller
- 18. Rights, Rules, and Respect for Nature Benjamin Hale
- 19. Environmental Virtue Ethics: Value, Normativity, and Right Action Ronald Sandler
- 20. Ethics of Caring in Environmental Ethics: Indigenous and Feminist Philosophies
- Kyle Powys Whyte and Chris Cuomo
- 21. The Sacred, Reverence for Life, and Environmental Ethics in America Bron Taylor
- Part V. Key Concepts: Tools for framing and addressing problems
- 22. Individual and Contributory Responsibility for Environmental Harm Kenneth Shockley
- 23. Justice on One Planet Derek Bell
- 24. Sexual Politics in Environmental Ethics: Impacts, Causes, Alternatives Chris Cuomo
- 25. Human Rights and the Environment Steve Vanderheiden
- 26. Ecological Space: The Concept and Its Ethical Significance Tim Hayward
- 27. Risk and Precaution in Decision Making about Nature Jonathan Aldred
- 28. Citizenship and (Un)Sustainability: A Green Republican Perspective John Barry
- 29. Future Generations in Environmental Ethics John Nolt
- 30. Sustainability as the Multigenerational Public Interest Bryan G. Norton
- Part VI. Central Issues: Specific areas of environmental concern
- 31. The Ethics of Environmental Pollution Kevin Elliott
- 32. Population and Environment : The Impossible, the Impermissible, and the Imperative Elizabeth Cripps
- 33. Ethical Energy Choices Kristin Shrader- Frechette
- 34. Narratives of Food, Agriculture, and the Environment David Kaplan
- 35. Water Ethics: Toward Ecological Cooperation Angela Kallhoff
- 36. Anthropogenic Mass Extinction: The Science, the Ethics, and the Civics
- Jeremy David Bendik- Keymer and Chris Haufe
- 37. Philosophy of Technology and the Environment Paul B. Thompson
- 38. The Ethics of Ecosystem Management Marion Hourdequin
- Part VII. Climate Change: The defining environmental problem of our time
- 39. Mitigation: First Imperative of Environmental Ethics Henry Shue
- 40. Ethics and Climate Adaptation Clare Heyward
- 41. Climate Diplomacy Andrew Light
- 42. Geoengineering: Ethical Questions for Deliberate Climate Manipulators Stephen M. Gardiner
- Part VIII. Social Change: Doing what we ought to do
- 43. Environmental Conflict David Schmidtz
- 44. Environmental Ethics, Sustainability Science, and the Recovery of Pragmatism Ben A. Minteer
- 45. Sacrifice and the Possibilities for Environmental Action John M. Meyer
- 46. From Environmental Ethics to Environmental Action Avner de Shalit
- Index
