{"product_id":"environmental-ethics-isbn-9781119635062","title":"Environmental Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe latest edition of an essential resource in the theory and applications of environmental ethics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the newly revised Third Edition of \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics,\u003c\/i\u003e internationally renowned philosopher Michael Boylan delivers another accessible introduction for students new to ethics, and an invaluable reference for scholars of all levels. The anthology includes important essays, both established and contemporary, as well as eight brand-new contributions commissioned specifically for this edition. This new material is the foundation for students' understanding of the most recent ethical debates on the environment and humanity's place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe balanced combination of new material on recent developments in the field and well-known, foundational articles appears alongside helpful pedagogical materials, including case studies and sample questions. The book brings students up to speed on all the main themes in the area, including worldview arguments for environmentalism, the anthropocentric vs. biocentric debate, and a variety of applied environmental problems. \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e also offers:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the theoretical background of environmental ethics, including discussions of ethical reasoning, nature, and the tragedy of the commons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of eco-feminism and social justice, aesthetics, and deep ecology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of anthropocentric and biocentric justifications in environmental ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn-depth examinations of applied environmental problems, including climate change, animal rights, sustainability, and public policy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying topics in ethics, the environment, law, and policy, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of philosophers with an interest in applied or environmental ethics, and industry consultants to ecologists, environmental scientists, or environmental policymakers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Credits xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompanion Website xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theoretical Background \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Ethical Reasoning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 What is ‘Nature,’ and Why Should We Care? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e15\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Tragedy of the Commons \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e35\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarrett Hardin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Worldview Arguments for Environmentalism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. The Land Ethic and Deep Ecology \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Land Ethic 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAldo Leopold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArne Naess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Social Ecology? 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray Bookchin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Eco-Feminism and Social Justice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcofeminism and Feminist Theory 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren J. Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatently Wrong: The Commercialization of Life Forms 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWanda Teays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Aesthetics \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetics and the Value of Nature 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanna Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorldview and the Value-Duty Link to Environmental Ethics 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Anthropocentric Versus Biocentric Justifications \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Anthropocentric Justifications \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Rights and Future Generations 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Gewirth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciesism 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnora O’Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Biocentric Justifications \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natural World 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolmes Rolston III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRespect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul W. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Searching the Middle \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e180\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental Ethics 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames P. Sterba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Reconciliation of Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental Ethics 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian K. Steverson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconciliation Reaffirmed: A Reply to Steverson 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames P. Sterba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Applied Environmental Problems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Pollution and Climate Change \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Air and Water Pollution \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlue Water 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolluting and Unpolluting 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Hale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Valuation of Environmental Goods 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark A. Seabright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Climate Change \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e256\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes a Failure in Global Leadership Mean it’s All Over? Climate, Population, and Progress 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Irwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollective Responsibility and Climate Change 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeumas Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Animal Rights \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll Animals are Equal 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Regan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Critique of Regan’s Animal Rights Theory 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Anne Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Anne Warren and “Duties to Animals” 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Zoos 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDale Jamieson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Sustainability \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e332\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Sustainability: What it is and How it Works \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e334\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Sustainability Ethic 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandall Curren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics, and the Problem of Moral Corruption 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen M. Gardiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability and Adaptation: Environmental Values and the Future 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan G. Norton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Sustainability and Development \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Sustainable Development’: Is it a Useful Concept? 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilfred Beckerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Wilfred Beckerman’s Critique of Sustainable Development 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerman E. Daly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalizing Responsibility for Climate Change 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Vanderheiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Public Policy, Activism, and Technology: The Cold and Tragic Logic of Climate Change Denial \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e414\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Goldsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe A, B, Cs of Social Activism: My Journey 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Wien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternational Public Policy on Environmental Regulation 435\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl Joachim Kock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat About the Coal Miners? Addressing the Downside of Effective Environmental Policies 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElectricity 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeert Demuijnck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology and the Environment: From Bones to Markets 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid E. McClean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising Above the Rising Seas 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvery Kolers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Boylan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University. He has authored 39 books and over 150 journal articles and book chapters, has served on numerous professional and governmental policy committees, and was a Fellow at the Center for American Progress. He has been invited to speak at universities in fifteen countries on five continents around the world, including Oxford, Cambridge, Cologne, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This collection of essays on environmental ethics is invaluable. It contains not just the classic ground-breaking essays on the land ethic, on shallow and deep ecology, and on socialist and feminist approaches to the environment (by Leopold, Naess, Bookchin, Merchant and others), but also up-to-the-minute essays on key issues, including anthropocentrism and speciesism and the rights of future generations, as well as reviewing the arguments around climate change. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to sharpen their moral awareness in addressing the global environmental crisis.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dermot Moran,\u003c\/b\u003e University College Dublin \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “Boylan combines provocative readings on animals, environment and sustainability, with object lessons in how to think clearly about tricky cases. A neat feature of the book is the way in which the cases are deftly woven into the structure of the collection. The result is a hands-on guide on how to think clearly about some of the baffling issues in environmental ethics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andrew Brennan,\u003c\/b\u003e La Trobe University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The newly revised Third Edition of Environmental Ethics adds 8 brand-new contributions from leading and emerging scholars and updated pedagogical features that help students new to environmental ethics get a firm grasp on the main themes in this vibrant and practical area of study.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A combination of established, foundational essays, insightful new contributions, and thought-provoking editorial content grounds students’ understanding of the ethical dimensions of the environment and the place that human beings occupy within it. Thorough discussions of the theoretical background of environmental ethics, including worldview arguments for environmentalism and the anthropocentric vs. biocentric justification debate, precede examinations of applied environmental problems, like climate change and animal rights.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The gold standard in introductory environmental ethics anthologies, Environmental Ethics delivers a uniquely informative and engaging approach to the seemingly intractable environmental problems humanity presently faces. It is the ideal resource for graduate and undergraduate students taking courses in ethics, the environment, law, and policy. 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