A Companion to Environmental Philosophy

by Jamieson, Dale

• ISBN13: 9781405106597
• ISBN10: 140510659X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to Environmental Philosophy is a pioneering work in the burgeoning field of environmental philosophy. This ground-breaking volume contains thirty-six original articles exemplifying the rich diversity of scholarship in this field. The volume begins by exploring environmental philosophy and the cultural traditions from which it springs. After discussing its roots, and then looking at contemporary environmental ethics, environmental philosophy is brought into conversation with other fields and disciplines such as literature, economics, ecology, and law. The last section focuses on the environmental problems that stimulate current debates. This Companion is an indispensable reference book for students and researchers in environmental philosophy. It will be enjoyed by anyone who is interested in environmental affairs.

Author Biography

Dale Jamieson is Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carleton College. He is author of Morality's Progress: Essays on Humans, Other Animals, and the Rest of Nature (2002), and the editor of many books including Singer and His Critics (Blackwell, 1999). For nearly twenty years he taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has also held visiting positions at Cornell University, Monash University in Australia, and Oxford University. He works primarily in the fields of environmental philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of biology and mind.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	x
Preface	xv
PART I: CULTURAL TRADITIONS	1	(160)
1 Indigenous perspectives	3	(18)
LAURIE ANNE WHITT, MERE ROBERTS, WAERETE NORMAN, AND VICKI GRIEVES
2 Classical China	21	(16)
KARYN L. LAI
3 Classical India	37	(15)
0. P. DWIVEDI
4 Jainism and Buddhism	52	(15)
CHRISTOPHER KEY CHAPPLE
5 The classical Greek tradition	67	(14)
GABRIELA R. CARONE
6 Judaism	81	(15)
ERIC KATZ
7 Christianity	96	(15)
ROBIN ATTFIELD
8 Islam	111	(19)
S. NOMANUL HAO
9 Early modern philosophy	130	(16)
CHARLES TALIAFERRO
10 Nineteenth-and twentieth-century philosophy	146	(15)
ANDREW BRENNAN
PART II: CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS	161	(88)
11 Meta-ethics	163	(14)
JOHN O'NEILL
12 Normative ethics	177	(15)
ROBERT ELLIOT
13 Sentientism	192	(12)
GARY VARNER
14 The land ethic	204	(14)
J. BAIRD CALLICOTT
15 Deep ecology	218	(15)
FREYA MATHEWS
16 Ecofeminism	233	(16)
VICTORIA DAVION
PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ITS NEIGHBORS	249	(98)
17 Literature	251	(13)
SCOTT SLOVIC
18 Aesthetics	264	(13)
JOHN ANDREW FISHER
19 Economics	277	(14)
A. MYRICK FREEMAN III
20 History	291	(13)
IAN SIMMONS
21 Ecology	304	(12)
KRISTIN SHRADER-FRECHETTE
22 Politics	316	(15)
ROBYN ECKERSLEY
23 Law	331	(16)
SHEILA JASANOFF
PART IV: PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY	347	(163)
24 Wilderness	349	(13)
MARK WOODS
25 Population	362	(15)
CLARK WOLF
26 Future generations	377	(13)
ERNEST PARTRIDGE
27 Sustainability	390	(12)
ALAN HOLLAND
28 Biodiversity	402	(14)
HOLMES ROLSTON III
29 Animals	416	(10)
PETER SINGER
30 Environmental justice	426	(13)
ROBERT FIGUEROA AND CLAUDIA MILLS
31 Technology	439	(10)
LORI GRUEN
32 Climate	449	(11)
HENRY SHUE
33 Land and water	460	(13)
PAUL B. THOMPSON
34 Consumption	473	(13)
MARK SAGOFF
35 Colonization	486	(12)
KEEKOK LEE
36 Environmental disobedience	498	(12)
NED HETTINGER
Index	510