Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology

by Zimmerman, Michael E.; Callicott, J. Baird; Clark, John; Warren, Karen J.; Klaver, Irene J.

• ISBN13: 9780130289131
• ISBN10: 0130289132
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For junior/graduate-level courses in Environmental Ethics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Conservation Biology, Environmental Geography. Edited by leading experts in contemporary environmental philosophy, this anthology features the best available selections that cover the full range of positions within this rapidly developing field. Conceptually focused and easily manageable, it is divided into four sections that explore the full spectrum of concerns in contemporary Eco-philosophyEnvironmental Ethics, Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Political Ecology. Each section is introduced and edited by a leading philosopher in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface to Third Edition	ix
General Introduction	1	(6)
Michael E. Zimmerman
PART ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Introduction	7	(10)
J. Baird Callicott
Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?	17	(9)
Richard Sylvan (Routley)
All Animals Are Equal	26	(15)
Peter Singer
Animal Rights, Human Wrongs	41	(15)
Tom Regan
On Being Morally Considerable	56	(15)
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
The Ethics of Respect for Nature	71	(16)
Paul W. Taylor
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce	87	(10)
Mark Sagoff
The Land Ethic	97	(14)
Aldo Leopold
Holistic Environmental Ethics and the Problem of Ecofascism	111	(15)
J. Baird Callicott
Challenges in Environmental Ethics	126	(21)
Holmes Ralston III
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Back Together Again	147	(10)
J. Baird Callicott
PART TWO DEEP ECOLOGY
Introduction	157	(18)
George Sessions
The Viable Human	175	(10)
Thomas Berry
The Deep Ecological Movement: Some Philosophical Aspects	185	(19)
Arne Naess
Demystifying the Critiques of Deep Ecology	204	(14)
Harold Glasser
The Deep Ecology-Ecofeminism Debate and Its Parallels	218	(18)
Warvick Fox
Ecocentrism, Wilderness, and Global Ecosystem Protection	236	(17)
George Sessions
PART THREE ECOFEMINISM
Introduction	253	(20)
Karen J. Warren
The Death of Nature	273	(14)
Carolyn Merchant
The Impoverishment of the Environment: Woman and Children Last	287	(18)
Vandara Shiva
Recognizing Women's Environmental Expertise	305	(17)
Deane Curtin
The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism	322	(21)
Karen J. Warren
PART FOUR POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Introduction	343	(22)
John Clark
Free Market versus Political Environmentalism	365	(11)
Terry L. Anderson
Donald R. Leal
Traditionalist Conservatism and Environmental Ethics	376	(16)
John R. E. Bliese
A Declaration of Sustainability	392	(11)
Paul Hawken
Is Liberalism Environment-Friendly?	403	(20)
Avner de-Shalit
Socialism and Ecology	423	(13)
James O'Connor
What Is Social Ecology?	436	(19)
Murray Bookbin
The Matter of Freedom: Ecofeminist Lessons for Social Ecology	455	(16)
John Clark
The Place, the Region, and the Commons	471
Gary Snyder