Justice and Nature - Kantian Philosophy, Environmental Policy, and the Law

Informationen zum Autor John Martin Gillroy is John D. MacArthur Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at Bucknell University, where he also is director of the Environmental Studies Program. His previous books include Environmental Risk, Environmental Values and Political Choices: Beyond Efficiency Tradeoffs in Policy Analysis (Westview, 1993) and The Moral Dimensions of Public Policy Choice: Beyond the Market Paradigm (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992). Klappentext Most decision making in environmental policy today is based on the economic cost-benefit argument. Criticizing the shortcomings of the market paradigm, John Martin Gillroy proposes an alternative way to conceptualize and create environmental policy, one that allows for the protection of moral and ecological values in the face of economic demands.Drawing on Kantian philosophy, Gillroy develops a new paradigm for justice toward nature that integrates the intrinsic value of humanity and nature into the law. To test the feasibility of this new approach, Gillroy applies it to six concrete cases, including environmental risk and wildlife preservation. Zusammenfassung Most decision making in environmental policy is based on the economic cost-benefit argument. Criticizing the shortcomings of the market paradigm! this title proposes an alternative way to conceptualize and create environmental policy! one that allows for the protection of moral and ecological values in the face of economic demands.

Product details

• Authors: John Martin Gillroy
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2001
• EAN: 9780878407965
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-796-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series; American Governance and Public
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works