| Description |
viii, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The environmental turn. BP Oil Spill Disaster -- Global Warming -- Sustainability -- Environmental Justice -- Toxics, Pollutants, Invasives -- Living Locally: Green and Grassroots -- Biodiversity -- Lynn White: Dominion of Man -- Ecofeminism: the Woman's Touch -- Animal Welfare: Peter Singer, Tom Reagan -- Environmental Ethics: Philosophers Wake Up -- Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, John Muir -- 2. Humans: People on their landscapes. Environmental Health: Skin In, Skin Out -- Sustainable Development -- Domesticated Landscapes: "Man the Measure" -- Anthropocene Epoch: Managed Earth and End of Nature? -- Urban, Rural, Wild - Three-Dimensional Persons -- Human Dignity on Earth: Part of or Apart from Nature -- 3. Animals: Beasts in flesh and blood. Somebody There? Encountering Individual Animals -- Environmental Ethics and Animal Welfare -- On the Hunt: Killing, Eating, Respecting Wild Beasts -- Domestic Animals: From Cows to Poodles -- Zoos: Caged Beasts on Display -- Research Animals: Experimenting for Animal/Human Good -- 4. Organisms: Respect for life. The Buggy Planet: The Little Things that Run the World -- Plants: Nothing Matters! Never Mind! -- Genetic Value: Smart (Cybernetic) Genes -- Invasive Exotics: Plants Way Out of Place -- Respect for Life: Biocentrism -- Respect for Life: Naturalizing Values/ VIrtues -- |
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5. Species and biodiversity: Lifeline in jeopardy. Science - The Is Question: What Are Species? -- Ethics-The Ought Question: Ought We to Save Species? -- Enforcing Saving Species: The Endangered Species Act -- Natural and Anthropogenic Extinction -- Biodiversity: More than Species -- Biodiversity vs. Humans: Win-Win? Win-Lose? Lose-Lose? -- 6. Ecosytems: The land ethic. Ecosystems: The Is Question -- Ecosystems: The Ought Question -- Ecological/Environmental Economics -- Wilderness: The World that Runs Itself -- Nature: Found? Constructed? Re-constructed -- Environmental Policy: Ecosystem Management-Once and Future Nature -- 7. Earth: Ethics on the home planet. Humans as Earthlings: Unique Species on a Unique Planet -- Global Capitalism: Just? Fair? Enough! -- Global Population: Full Earth? -- Global Warming: Too Hot to Handle! -- Sustainable Biosphere: Ultimate Survival -- Future Generations on the Planet with Promise. |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
| ISBN |
9780415884846 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415884845 |
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9780415884839 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415884837 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780203804339 ebook |
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0203804333 ebook |
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