Environmental Ethics for Canadians

Environmental Ethics for Canadians is a comprehensive hybrid text that combines readings with detailed commentary to provide an exhaustive introduction to core philosophical queries in environmental ethics.

List of contents

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; A. THE NATURE OF MORAL ASSESSMENT; B. CHALLENGES TO MORALITY I: ETHICAL EGOISM; C. CHALLENGES TO MORALITY II: ETHICAL RELATIVISM; D. FOUR NORMATIVE THEORIESETHICAL EGOISM; 1. UTILITARIANISM; 2. DEONTOLOGY; 3. SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY AND CONTRACTARIANISM; 4. VIRTUE ETHICS; E. WHY ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS FOR CANADIANS?; PART I: MORAL STANDING; 1. Animal Welfarism; A. INTRODUCTION; B. MORAL STANDING AND SPECIESISM; PETER SINGER, 'A UTILITARIAN DEFENCE OF ANIMAL LIBERATION'; C. BEYOND UTILITARIANISMRIAN DEFENCE OF ANIMAL LIBERATION'; D. PROBLEMS WITH ANIMAL WELFARISM; MARK SAGOFF, 'ANIMAL LIBERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: BAD MARRIAGE, QUICK DIVORCE'; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: SUSTAINABILITARIANISM AND EATING BEEF; 2. Biocentrism; A. INTRODUCTION; B. RIGHTS FOR LIVING THINGS?; CHRISTOPHER D. STONE, 'SHOULD TREES HAVE STANDING? TOWARDS LEGAL RIGHTS FOR NATURAL OBJECTS'; C. BIOCENTRIC EGALITARIANISM; PAUL W. TAYLOR, 'THE ETHICS OF RESPECT FOR NATURE'; D. HUMAN SUPERIORITY AND INTER-SPECIES CONFLICT; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: RESPECT FOR NATURE AND THE NORTH MACKENZIE RIVER WATERSHED; 3. Ecocentrism and Deep Ecology; A. INTRODUCTION; B. THE LAND ETHIC; ALDO LEOPOLD, 'THE LAND ETHIC'; C. GOING DEEP; ARNE NAESS, 'IDENTIFICATION AS A SOURCE OF DEEP ECOLOGICAL ATTITUDES'; D. THREE OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: TALLGRASS PRAIRIE AS 'ENDANGERED SPACE'; PART II: CHALLENGES AND NEW DIRECTIONS; 4. Economics and Ecology; A. INTRODUCTION; B. OPTIMAL THINKING; WILLIAM F. BAXTER, FROM PEOPLE OR PENGUINS: THE CASE FOR OPTIMAL POLLUTION; C. THE ALLURE OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; D. PROBLEMS WITH COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEVEN KELMAN, 'COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: AN ETHICAL CRITIQUE'; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: AQUACULTURE AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IMPERATIVE; 5. Environmental Pragmatism; A. INTRODUCTION; B. TWO PROBLEMS WITH INTRINSIC VALUE; C. VALUE PLURALISM: RECLAIMING THE LAND ETHIC; ANTHONY WESTON, 'BEFORE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS'; D. THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING CONSENSUS; JENNIFER WELCHMAN, 'ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM' (CANADIAN) (COMMISSIONED); E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: PROTECTING CANADA'S FRESHWATER RESOURCE; 6. Ecofeminism; A. INTRODUCTION; B. SEXISM AND NATURISM: MAKING THE CONNECTION; KAREN J. WARREN, 'THE POWER AND PROMISE OF ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM'; C. OVERCOMING DUALISMS; D. RESISTING THE ESSENTIALIST TEMPTATION; VICTORIA DAVION, 'HOW FEMINIST IS ECOFEMINISM?'; E. ECOFEMINISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; F. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: DIOXIN IN BREAST MILK AND WOMEN AS FRONT-LINE ENVIRONMENTALISTS; 7. Environmental Aesthetics; A. INTRODUCTION; B. BEAUTY AND DUTY: MAPPING THE TERRAIN; ALLEN CARLSON, 'AESTHETIC APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTALISM' (CANADIAN) (COMMISSIONED); C. THE DISPOSITIVE CHARACTER OF NATURAL BEAUTY JUDGEMENTS; RONALD MOORE, 'THE MORAL DIMENSIONS OF NATURAL BEAUTY' (COMMISSIONED); D. AESTHETIC WEIGHT AND THE PRESERVATIONIST'S DILEMMA; GLENN PARSONS, 'AESTHETIC PRESERVATION' (COMMISSIONED); E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: NUNAVUT AND THE RECIPROCITY THESIS; 8. First Nations' Perspectives; A. INTRODUCTION; B. THE CIRCLE; GEORGES SIOUI, 'THE SACRED CIRCLE OF LIFE' (CANADIAN); C. RESPECT AND CONTROL; D. CONFRONTING MYTHS OF THE ECOLOGICAL AMERINDIAN; BRUCE MORITO, 'THE "ECOLOGICAL INDIAN" AND ENVIRONMENTALISM' (CANADIAN) (COMMISSIONED); E. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; F. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: LANGUAGE, LAND, AND THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS; 9. Environmental Virtue Ethics; A. INTRODUCTION; B. HUMAN EXCELLENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; THOMAS E. HILL JR, 'IDEALS OF HUMAN EXCELLENCE AND PRESERVING NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS'; C. ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE: EXPANDING THE LIST; GEOFFREY FRASZ, 'BENEVOLENCE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE'; D. TWO OBJECTIONS AND REPLIES; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: THREE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST EXEMPLARS; PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; 10. Climate Change; A. INTRODUCTION; B. CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL; C. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE; MARTIN SCHONFELD, 'AMERIGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE' (COMMISSIONED); D. THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL INERTIA; STEPHEN M. GARDINER, 'SAVED BY DISASTER? ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE, POLITICAL INERTIA, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL ARMS RACE'; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: CURRENT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; 11. Population and Consumption; A. INTRODUCTION; B. MALTHUS'S CHALLENGE; THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS, 'AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION'; C. THE ECONOMIST'S RETORT; JULIAN SIMON, 'CAN THE SUPPLY OF NATURAL RESOURCES REALLY BE INFINITE? YES!'; D. PEAK OIL AND THE OIL SANDS; E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: MAKING SPACE FOR GRIZZLIES; 12. The Biodiversity Crisis; INTRODUCTION; SPECIES OR INDIVIDUALS?; THE NATURE OF BIODIVERSITY; DAVID SUZUKI, 'THE POWER OF BIODIVERSITY' (CANADIAN); THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY; DAVID EHRENFELD, 'WHY PUT A VALUE ON BIODIVERSITY?'; THE PRACTICE OF PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY; DAVID SUZUKI, 'A WALK IN A RAINFOREST' (CANADIAN); CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: BIODIVERSITY IN CAROLINIAN CANADA; 13. Sustainability; A. INTRODUCTION; B. SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN NEEDS; ROBERT F. LITKE, 'THE CONCEPT OF "SUSTAINABILITY"' (CANADIAN) (COMMISSIONED); C. SUSTAINABILITY AND SUBSTITUTABILITY; D. SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CITY; INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC, 'SUSTAINABILITY AND SENSE OF PLACE' (CANADIAN) (COMMISSIONED); E. CONCLUSION; CANADIAN CASE STUDY: NUCLEAR POWER: UNSUSTAINABLE TRAIN TO THE FUTURE?; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Byron Williston
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.12.2011, delayed
• EAN: 9780195433630
• ISBN: 978-0-19-543363-0
• No. of pages: 448