The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making

by Gillroy, John Martin; Bowersox, Joe; Buck, Susan (CON); Paehlke, Robert (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780822328650
• ISBN10: 0822328658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"This is an extremely important, in-depth normative discussion among leaders in environmental theory on the values influencing environmental decision making."--Matthew Cahn, California State University, Northridge

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction: The Roots of Moral Austerity in Environmental Policy Discourse	1	(24)
Part I. Moral Principles and Environmental Policy: Basic Issues and Dilemmas
Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle?
Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle	25	(5)
Susan Buck
Science Is No Substitute for Moral Principle	30	(7)
Robert Paehlke
Environmental Justice without Social Justice?
Why Environmental Thought and Action Must Include Considerations of Social Justice	37	(6)
Joel J. Kassiola
Environmental Justice: Private Preference or Public Necessity?	43	(8)
Joe Bowersox
Nature Has Only an Instrumental Value
Sustainability: Descriptive or Performative?	51	(11)
Bryan Norton
Are Environmental Values All Instrumental?	62	(10)
Mark Sagoff
Intrinsic Value Implies No Use and a Threat to Democratic Governance
A Practical Concept of Nature's Intrinsic Value	72	(7)
John Martin Gillroy
On Intrinsic Value and Environmental Ethics	79	(10)
Bob Pepperman Taylor
Part II. Case Studies in Sustainable Environmental Policy and Law
Introduction	89	(2)
The Subnational Role in Sustainable Development: Lessons from American States and Canadian Provinces	91	(24)
Barry G. Rabe
Sustainable Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation	115	(16)
Anna K. Schwab
David J. Brower
Sustainable Governance	131	(14)
Jonathan Baert Wiener
Sustainability in the United States: Legal Tools and Initiatives	145	(16)
Celia Campbell-Mohn
Sustainable Development and the Use of Public Lands	161	(15)
Jan G. Laitos
The Impact of Political Institutions on Preservation of U.S. and Canadian National Parks	176	(18)
William Lowry
Global Environmental Accountability: The Missing Link in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development?	194	(15)
Robert V. Percival
Part III. Moral Principles and Sustainable Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Ends and Means
Introduction	209	(3)
Science and Sustainability
Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Values	212	(7)
Robert Paehlke
Saving All the Parts: Science and Sustainability	219	(8)
Susan Buck
Discussion	227	(9)
Environmental Policy, Sustainability, and Social Justice
Why Environmental Public Policy Analysis Must Include Explicit Normative Considerations: Reflections on Seven Illustrations	236	(11)
Joel J. Kassiola
Sustainability and Environmental Justice: A Necessary Connection	247	(7)
Joe Bowersox
Discussion	254	(8)
A Sustainable Environment as an Instrumental Value?
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Environment	262	(14)
Mark Sagoff
Why Not Foxy Hedgehogs?	276	(8)
Bryan Norton
Discussion	284	(7)
A Sustainable Environment as an Intrinsic Value!
Sustainability: Restricting the Policy Debate	291	(10)
John Martin Gillroy
Comments on Sustainability	301	(6)
Bob Pepperman Taylor
Discussion	307	(7)
Conclusion: Democratic Competence, Accountability, and Education in the Twenty-first Century	314	(27)
Notes	341	(10)
References	351	(24)
Contributors	375	(2)
Index	377