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Informationen zum Autor Michael Boylan is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author and editor of 26 books, including his manifesto on social/political philosophy A Just Society (2004), and on cosmopolitanism Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications (2011). Boylan was himself the focus of an edited volume, Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan's A Just Society (2009). He has served on professional and governmental policy committees and was a fellow at the Center for American Progress and a program presenter at The Brookings Institution. He has been an invited speaker in nine countries around the world, including talks in Oxford, Cambridge, Cologne, Oslo, Dublin, Sydney, and the Sorbonne. Klappentext The second edition of Environmental Ethics combines a strong theoretical foundation with applications to some of the most pressing environmental problems. Through a mix of classic and new essays, it discusses applied issues such as pollution, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity, and sustainability. Roughly half of the selections are original essays newly commissioned for this edition.The volume includes a new discussion on ethical decision-making, as well as new coverage of pollution and climate change, and a new section on sustainability. Pedagogical features include cases and instructions on how to work-up cases into argumentative essays. The new edition has been designed to continue to meet the needs of classroom instruction with a dialogue that is both enriching and illuminating. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Environmental Ethics combines a strong theoretical foundation with applications to some of the most pressing environmental problems. Through a mix of classic and new essays, it discusses applied issues such as pollution, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity, and sustainability. Roughly half of the selections are original essays new to this edition.* Accessible introduction for beginners, including important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for the volume* Roughly half of the selections are original essays new to this edition, including an entirely new chapter on Pollution and climate change and a new section on Sustainability* Includes new material on ethical theory as a grounding for understanding the ethical dimensions of the environment, our interactions with it, and our place in it* The text incorporates helpful pedagogy, including extensive editorial material, cases, and study questions* Includes key information on recent developments in the field* Presents a carefully selected set of readings designed to progressively move the reader to competency in subject comprehension and essay writing Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors xPreface to the Second Edition xiiSource Credits xivPart I Theoretical Background 11 Ethical Reasoning 3Michael Boylan2 The Self in Context: A Grounding for Environmentalism 14Michael BoylanEvaluating a Case Study: Developing a Practical Ethical Viewpoint 253 Worldview Arguments for Environmentalism 32A. The Land Ethic and Deep Ecology 35The Land Ethic 35Aldo LeopoldThe Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary 42Arne NaessWhat Is Social Ecology? 46Murray BookchinB. Eco-Feminism and Social Justice 59Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory 59Carolyn MerchantThe Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism 64Karen J. WarrenPatently Wrong: The Commercialization of Life Forms 71Wanda TeaysC. Aesthetics 83Aesthetics and the Value of Nature 83Janna ThompsonWorldview and the Value-Duty Link to Environmental Ethics 95Michael BoylanEvaluating a Case Study: Finding the Conflicts 1094 Anthropocentric versus Biocentric Justifications 115A. Anthropocentric Justifications 118Human Rights and Future Generations 118Alan GewirthEnvironmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciesism 122Onora O'Ne...
