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"The concept of 'sustainability' in environmental policy making certainly benefits from the kind of serious philosophical and political analysis it receives in this excellent collection."--Steven Kelman, Harvard University
List of contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction: The Roots of Moral Austerity in Environmental Policy Discourse
Part I. Moral Principles and Environmental Policy: Basic Issues and Dilemmas
Issue 1: Science as a Substitute for Moral Principles?
Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle / Susan Buck
Science Is No Substitute for Moral Principle / Robert Paehlke
Issue 2: Environmental Justice without Social Justice?
Why Environmental Thought and Action Must Include Considerations of Social Justice / Joel J. Kassiola
Environmental Justice: Private Preference or Public Necessity? / Joe Bowersox
Issue 3: Nature Has Only an Instrumental Value
Sustainability: Descriptive or Performative? / Bryan Norton
Are Environmental Values All Instrumental? / Mark Sagoff
Issue 4: Intrinsic Value Implies No Use and a Threat to Democratic Governance
A Practical Concept of Nature’s Intrinsic Value / John Martin Gillroy
On Intrinsic Value and Environmental Ethics / Bob Pepperman Taylor
Part II: Case Studies in Sustainable Environmental Policy and Law
Introduction
The Subnational Role in Sustainable Development: Lessons from American States and Canadian Provinces / Barry G. Rabe
Sustainable Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation / Anna K. Schwab and David J. Brower
Sustainable Governance / Jonathan Baert Wiener
Sustainability in the United States: Legal Tools and Initiatives / Celia Campbell-Mohn
Sustainable Development and the Use of Public Lands / Jan G. Laitos
The Impact of Political Institutions on Preservation of the U.S. and Canadian National Parks / William Lowry
Global Environmental Accountability: The Missing Link in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development? / Robert V. Percival
Part III: Moral Principles and Sustainable Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Ends and Means
Introduction
Issue I: Science and Sustainability
Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Values / Robert Paehlke
Saving All the Parts: Science and Sustainability / Susan Buck
Discussion
Issue 3: A Sustainable Environment as an Instrumental Value?
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Environment / Mark Sagoff
Why Not Foxy Hedgehogs? / Bryan Norton
Discussion
Issue 4: A Sustainable Environment as an Intrinsic Value?
Sustainability: Restricting the Policy Debate / John Martin Gillroy
Comments on Sustainability / Bob Pepperman Taylor
Discussion
Conclusion: Democratic Competence, Accountability, and Education in the Twenty-first Century
Notes
References
Contributors
About the author
John Martin Gillroy and Joe Bowersox, eds.
Summary
Challenges the dominating influence of market principles and assumptions on the formulation of environmental policy. This book examines the possibilities for a wider variety of moral principles to play an active role in defining 'good' environmental decisions.
