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Zusatztext This engaging and comprehensive introduction to environmental ethics combines directness and clarity with a depth of analysis and distinctiveness of approach that few texts in the field can match. The result is a feast for inquiring minds, an inspiration and aspiration for active ones; specifically, it helps us understand how an environmental ethic can become a lived ethic. Informationen zum Autor Marion Hourdequin is Professor of Philosophy at Colorado College, USA, and Vice President of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. Klappentext What is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? What does climate justice require? Is ecological restoration just another form of the human domination of nature? Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to environmental ethics. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory to practice, showing how values guide environmental policies, but also how policies and institutions shape environmental values. Updated and expanded to engage with the latest scholarship, scientific findings, and societal challenges, this 2nd edition features: New sections on food ethics, multispecies justice, intergenerational ethics, and the Anthropocene Contemporary case studies focusing on the rights of nature, the use of biotechnology in ecological restoration, and just climate transitions Expanded coverage of diverse philosophical traditions, including Confucian, Daoist, and Indigenous ethical perspectives Updated discussion questions, further reading sections, and online resourcesExploring the possibilities and limitations inherent in both classical ethical models and modern theoretical approaches to the environment, this is a key resource for teaching students to think ethically about the world we live in. Vorwort An up-to-date introduction to environmental ethics, providing students with a thorough understanding of environmental values and how they relate, in practice, to global policies and action. Zusammenfassung What is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? What does climate justice require? Is ecological restoration just another form of the human domination of nature? Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to environmental ethics. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory to practice, showing how values guide environmental policies, but also how policies and institutions shape environmental values. Updated and expanded to engage with the latest scholarship, scientific findings, and societal challenges, this 2nd edition features: New sections on food ethics, multispecies justice, intergenerational ethics, and the Anthropocene Contemporary case studies focusing on the rights of nature, the use of biotechnology in ecological restoration, and just climate transitions Expanded coverage of diverse philosophical traditions, including Confucian, Daoist, and Indigenous ethical perspectives Updated discussion questions, further reading sections, and online resourcesExploring the possibilities and limitations inherent in both classical ethical models and modern theoretical approaches to the environment, this is a key resource for teaching students to think ethically about the world we live in. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Part I: Environmental Values 1. Bringing Values to Light2. Western Ethical Theories and the Environment3. Anthropocentrism and its Critics: Broadening Moral Concern4. The Social Dimensions of Environmental Problems Part II: Environmental Ethics in Practice 5. Ethics, Institutions, and the Environment6. Global Climate Change7. Ecological Restoration8. Engaging Environmental Concern, Promoting Change Notes References Index ...
