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Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches to the ethics of the environment, the Companion focuses on specific environmental problems and other concrete issues. Its 65 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, have been organized into the following eleven parts:
I. Animals
II. Land
III. Water
IV. Climate
V. Energy and Extraction
VI. Cities
VII. Agriculture
VIII. Environmental Transformation
IX. Policy Frameworks and Response Measures
X. Regulatory Tools
XI. Advocacy and Activism
The volume not only explains the nuances of important core philosophical positions, but also cuts new pathways for the integration of important ethical and policy issues into environmental philosophy. It will be of immense help to undergraduate students and other readers coming up to the field for the first time, but also serve as a valuable resource for more advanced students as well as researchers who need a trusted resource that also offers fresh, policy-centered approaches.
List of contents
Introduction Part I: Animals 1. Animal Cognition and Moral Status 2. Eating 3. Experimentation 4. Companion Animals 5. Species and Wildlife 6. Wild Animals 7. Hunting Part II: Land 8. Forests 9. Mountains: Rethinking Thinking Like a Mountain 10. Wilderness 11. National Parks 12. Landscape 13. Property Part III: Water 14. Water Quality and Availability 15. Wetlands 16. Rivers and Watersheds 17. Ocean Policy 18. Fishing and Harvesting 19. The Ethics of Marine Protected Areas Part IV: Climate 20. Moral Bases of Responses to Climate Change 21. Climate Modeling 22. Climate Change Mitigation 23. Climate Justice and Equity 24. Geoengineering 25. Skepticism and Denialism Part V: Energy and Extraction 26. Fossil Fuels 27. Mining 28. Nuclear Power 29. Hydropower 30. Renewable Energy 31. Natural Gas and Fracking 32. Energy Poverty Part VI: Cities 33. Urban Sustainability 34. Urban Parks and Open Space 35. Suburbs and Exurbs 36. Transportation 37. Waste and Consumption Part VII: Agriculture 38. Food 39. Industrial Agriculture 40. Biotechnology 41. Sustainable Agriculture 42. Community Gardens Part VIII: Environmental Transformation 43. Remediation 44. Restoration 45. Assisted Migration and Reintroduction 46. Zoos and Conservation 47. Rewilding 48. Novel Ecosystems Part IX: Policy Frameworks and Response Measures 49. Pollution and Polluter Pays 50. Constitutional Rights 51. Libertarianism 52. Prediction and Forecasting 53. Disaster Response Part X: Regulatory Tools 54. Command and Control 55. Economic Instruments 56. Cost-Benefit Analysis 57. Risk Assessment 58. Precautionary Principles 59. Adaptive Management Part XI: Advocacy and Activism 60. Education 61. Everyday Aesthetics 62. Community Participation 63. Environmental Justice 64. Environmental Civil Disobedience 65. Lawbreaking and Ecoterrorism
About the author
Benjamin Hale is Associate Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His primary area of research is environmental and public health ethics, and he is the author of the book, The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature (2016).
Andrew Light is University Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Atmospheric Sciences, and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University. He is currently on leave, serving as Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters on climate change, restoration ecology, and urban sustainability, and has authored, co-authored, and edited 19 books, including Environmental Values (Routledge, 2008), Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice (2003), Technology and the Good Life? (2000), and Environmental Pragmatism (Routledge, 1996). He was previously a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., and served as Senior Advisor and India Counselor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change in the U.S. Department of State.
Lydia A. Lawhon is Research Associate in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research broadly investigates the drivers of practical conflicts between people and large carnivores and the political conflicts between people over large carnivore management.
Summary
Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs, this volume is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches, the Companion focuses on specific environmental problems and other concrete issues.
