Environmental ethics

The second edition of Environmental Ethics combines a strong theoretical foundation with applications to some of the most pressing environmental problems. Through a mix of classic and new essays, it discusses applied issues such as pollution, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity, and sustainability. Roughly half of the selections are original essays new to this edition. Accessible introduction for beginners, including important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for the volumeRoughly half of the selections are original essays new to t.

pt. I Theoretical Background -- 1. Ethical Reasoning / Michael Boylan -- 2. The Self in Context: A Grounding for Environmentalism / Michael Boylan -- Evaluating a Case Study: Developing a Practical Ethical Viewpoint -- 3. Worldview Arguments for Environmentalism -- A. The Land Ethic and Deep Ecology -- The Land Ethic / Aldo Leopold -- The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary / Arne Naess -- What Is Social Ecology? / Murray Bookchin -- B. Eco-Feminism and Social Justice -- Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory / Carolyn Merchant -- The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism / Karen J. Warren -- Patently Wrong: The Commercialization of Life Forms / Wanda Teays -- C. Aesthetics -- Aesthetics and the Value of Nature / Janna Thompson -- Worldview and the Value-Duty Link to Environmental Ethics / Michael Boylan -- Evaluating a Case Study: Finding the Conflicts -- 4. Anthropocentric versus Biocentric Justifications.

A. Anthropocentric Justifications -- Human Rights and Future Generations / Alan Gewirth -- Environmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciesism / Onora O'Neill -- B. Biocentric Justifications -- Environmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natur…