Environmental ethics: an interactive introduction
"This book explains the basic concepts of environmental ethics and applies them to global environmental problems. The author concisely introduces basic moral theories, discusses how these theories can be extended to consider the non-human world, and examines how environmental ethics interacts with modern society s economic approach to the environment. Online multiple choice questions encourage the reader s active learning."--
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- Full title :Environmental ethics : an interactive introduction / Andrew Kernohan.
Summary
"This book explains the basic concepts of environmental ethics and applies them to global environmental problems. The author concisely introduces basic moral theories, discusses how these theories can be extended to consider the non-human world, and examines how environmental ethics interacts with modern society s economic approach to the environment. Online multiple choice questions encourage the reader s active learning."--
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- Publication Date:©2013
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Broadview Press
- Place of Publication:Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013
Notes
Attached to cover is 1 access code card to online resources.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 352 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781554810413, 1554810418
- oclc:ocn769419954
- LC Classification:GE42
- Dewey Decimal:179/.1
Table of Contents
Ethical theory. Introduction to environmental ethics -- Metaethics -- Ethical analysis -- Ethical egoism -- Utilitarianism -- Virtue ethics -- Rights -- Justice -- Environmental ethics. Obligations to distant people -- Future generations -- Animal welfare -- Animal rights -- Biocentric ethics -- Ecocentric ethics -- Ecofeminism -- Deep ecology -- Ethics, economics, and the environment. Ethics and economics -- Free-market environmentalism -- External costs and public goods -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Precautionary principles -- Pollution control -- Sustainable development -- The market worldview.
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