Environmental Ethics Readings in Theory and Application

by Pojman, Louis P.

• ISBN13: 9780534639716
• ISBN10: 0534639712
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-26
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Preface. INTRODUCTION. On Ethics and Environmental Concerns. What Is Ethics? Part One: THEORY. 1. Western Philosophy of Nature: The Roots of Our Ecological Situation. Introduction. 1. Genesis 1-3. 2. Lynn White: The Religious Roots of Our Ecological Crisis. 3. Lewis Moncrief: The Cultural Basis of Our Environmental Crisis. 4. Patrick Dobel: The Judeo-Christian Stewardship Attitudes to Nature. 5. Freya Mathews: The Ideological Implications of Greek Atomism. 2. Animal Rights. Introduction. 6. Immanuel Kant: Rational Beings Alone Have Moral Worth. 7. Peter Singer: A Utilitarian Defense of Animal Liberation. 8. Tom Regan: The Case for Animal Rights. 9. Mary Ann Warren: A Critique of Regan''s Rights Theory. 10. Dale Jamieson: Against Zoos. 3. Philosophical Theories of Nature: Biocentric and Ecocentric Ethics, and Deep Ecology. Introduction. Does Nature have Intrinsic Value? 11. Holmes Rolston III: Naturalizing Values: Organisms and Species. 12. Ned Hettinger: Comments on Rolston''s "Naturalizing Values". 13. John Stuart Mill: Nature. Biocentric Ethics. 14. Albert Schweitzer: Biocentrism: Reverence for Life. 15. Paul Taylor: Biocentric Egalitarianism. 16. Kenneth Goodpaster: On Being Morally Considerable. Ecocentric Ethics. 17. Aldo Leopold: Ecocentrism: The Land Ethic. 18. Baird Callicott: The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic. 19. Bill Throop and Ned Hettinger: Refocusing Ecocentrism: De-emphasizing Stability and Defending Wildness. 20. Michael Nelson: The Great New Wilderness Debate: An Overview. 21. Roger Paden: Two Kinds of Preservationist Ethics. Deep Ecology. 22. Arne Naess, The Shallow and the Deep Long-Range Ecological Movement. 23. Arne Naess, Ecosophy T: Deep versus Shallow Ecology. 24. Bill Devall and George Sessions: Deep Ecology. 25. Richard Watson: A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentic Ethics. 26. Murray Bookchin: Social Ecology versus Deep Ecology. 27. John Rodman: Ecological Sensibility. 28. James Sterba: Environmental Justice: Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Ethics. 4. Preservation of Species, Nature and Natural Objects. Introduction. 29. Donella Meadows: Biodiversity: The Key to Saving Life on Earth. 30. Lilly-Marlene Russow: Why Do Species Matter? 31. Stephen Jay Gould: The Golden RuleA Proper Scale of our Environmental Crisis. 32. Martin Krieger: What''s Wrong with Plastic Trees? 33. Robert Elliot: Faking Nature. 34. Christopher Stone: Should Trees Have Standing? 5. The Non-Western World and Environmental Theory. Introduction. 35. O. P. Dwivedi: Satyagraha for Conservation: A Hindu View. 36. Lily de Silva: The Buddhist Attitude Toward Nature. 37. Mawil Y. Izzi Deen: Islamic Environmental Ethics, Law, and Society. 38. Segun Ogungbemi: An African Perspective on the Environmental Crisis. 39. Ramachandra Guha: Radical Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third-World Critique. 6. Obligations to Future Generations. Introduction. 40. Robert Heilbroner: What Has Posterity Ever Done for Me? 41. Garrett Hardin: Who Cares for Posterity? 42. Martin Golding: Limited Obligations to Future Generations. 43. Derek Parfit: Energy Policy and the Further Future: The Identity Problem. Part Two: PRACTICE. Introduction. 7. Population: General Consideration. Introduction. 44. Bill McKibben: A Special Moment in History: The Challenge of Overpopulation and Overconsumption. 45. Garrett Hardin: The Tragedy of the Commons. 46. Jacqueline Kasun: The Unjust War against Population. 47. Jodi Jacobson: China''s Baby Budget. 48. Hugh LaFollette: Licensing Parents. 49. Clark Wolf: Population and the Environment. 8. Population and World Hunger. Introduction. 50. Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics. 51. William Murdoch and Allan Oaten: Population and Food: A Critique of Lifeboat Ethics. 52. Mylan Engel: Hunger, Duty and Ecology: What We Owe Starving Human Beings. 53. Jonathan Rauch: Can Frankenfood Save the Planet? 54. Tristram Coffin: The Damage Done by Cattle-Raising. 9. Pollution: General Considerations. Introduction. 55.

Author Biography

Louis P. Pojman teaches philosophy at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Theory

Perspectives

Genesis 1-3

The Religious Roots of Our Ecological Crisis

The Cultural Basis of Our Environmental Crisis

The Judeo-Christian Stewardship Attitude to Nature

The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism

The Green Kant-Natural Dynamics and Sustainable Policies

The Ideological Implications of Atomism

Animal Rights

Rational Beings Alone Have Moral Worth

Kant's Treatment of Animals

A Utilitarian Defense of Animal Liberation

The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights

A Critique of Regan's Rights Theory

Against Zoos

Philosophical Theories of Nature, Biocentric Ethics, Ecocentric Ethics, and Deep Ecology

Naturalizing Values: Organisms and Species

Comments on Holmes Rolston's "Naturalizing Values

Nature

Reverence for Life

Biocentric Egalitarianism

On Being Morally Considerable

Ecocentrism: The Land Ethic

The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic

Refocusing Ecocentrism: De-emphasizing Stability and Defending Wildness

The Great New Wilderness Debate: An Overview

Two Kinds of Preservationist Ethics

The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecological Movement

Ecosophy T: Deep Versus Shallow Ecology

Deep Ecology

A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Ethics

Social Ecology Versus Deep Ecology

Environmental Justice: Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Ethics

Preservation of Species, Nature, and Natural Objects

Biodiversity: The Key to Saving Life on Earth

Why Do Species Matter?

What's Wrong with Plastic Trees?

Faking Nature

Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects

Non-Western Voices

Satyagraha for Conservation: A Hindu View

The Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature

Islamic Environmental Ethics, Law, and Society

An African Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

Radical Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique

Obligations to Future Generations

What Has Posterity Ever Done for Me?

Who Cares for Posterity?

Limited Obligations to Future Generations

Energy Policy and the Further Future: The Identity Problem

Population and Consumption

A Special Moment in History: The Challenge of Overpopulation and Overconsumption

The Tragedy of the Commons

The Unjust War against Population

The State of Consumption Today

Licensing Parents

Population and the Environment

Food Ethics

Lifeboat Ethics

Population and Food: A Critique of Lifeboat Ethics

On What We Owe Starving Human Beings

Can Frankenfood Save the Planet?

Unholy Alliance

The World Food Supply: The Damage Done by Cattle-Raising

Vegetarianism and Planetary Health

Pollution: General Considerations

You Are What You Breathe

We All Live in Bhopal

People or Penguins: Th

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