Doing Environmental Ethics - Brossura

Traer, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813347416 ISBN 13: 9780813347417

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2012

Riassunto

Doing Environmental Ethics faces our ecological crisis by drawing on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on arguments for duty, character, relationships, and rights, and then tests these moral presumptions by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them. Students apply what they learn to policy issues discussed in the final part of the book: sustainable consumption, environmental policy, clean air and water, agriculture, managing public lands, urban ecology, and climate change. Questions after each chapter and a worksheet aid readers in deciding how to live more responsibly.The second edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in environmental ethics, including sustainable practices of corporations, environmental NGO actions, and rainforest certification programs. This edition also gives greater emphasis to environmental justice, Rawls, and ecofeminism. Revised study questions concern application and analysis, and new Decisions" inserts invite students to analyze evaluate current environmental issues.

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Praise from the Previous Edition:

"In this well-done, three-part work, Traer offers a solid introduction to environmental ethics. Traer presents opposing views fairly, and is good at explaining/applying concepts. Recommended.”
—Choice

"In the hands of Traer 'environmental ethics' become the critical search for wisdom for individuals and for society in dealing with the greatest crisis in human history. It includes, and draws from, the whole range of formal ethical systems, but it also treats specific environmental problems such as global warming. It shows how these cannot be separated from economic and political theory and practice. And it does all this in relation to our actual historical situation and cultural diversity. This is "ethics" at its transdisciplinary best."
—John B. Cobb, Jr., Claremont School of Theology

Descrizione del libro:

An engaging and common-sense exploration of how, with a deeper sense of self and one's place in nature, we can begin to change our carbon footprint

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0813347416
• ISBN 13: 9780813347417
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 399