Environmental Ethics

"Environmental Ethics: An Anthology" brings together both classic and cutting-edge essays which have formed contemporary environmental ethics, ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems to theories of the intrinsic value of nature. Contents: An overview of environmental ethics by Clare Palmer The land ethic by Aldo Leopold Is there a need for a new, an environmental, ethic? by Richard Sylvan (Routley) Not for humans only : the place of nonhumans in environmental issues by Peter Singer Animal rights : what's in a name? with a brief extract from The case for animal rights by Tom Regan The ethics of respect for nature by Paul W. Taylor Is there a place for animals in the moral consideration of nature? by Eric Katz Can animal rights activists be environmentalists? by Gary E. Varner Against the moral considerability of ecosystems by Harley Cahen The varieties of intrinsic value by John O'Neill Value in nature and the nature of value by Holmes Rolston III The source and locus of intrinsic value : a reexamination by Keekok Lee Environmental ethics and weak anthropocentrism by Bryan G. Norton Weak anthropocentric intrinsic value by Eugene Hargrove Moral pluralism and the course of environmental ethics by Christopher D. Stone The case against moral pluralism by J. Baird Callicott Minimal, moderate, and extreme moral pluralism by Peter S. Wenz The case for a practical pluralism by Andrew Light Deep ecology : a new philosophy of our time? by Warwick Fox The deep ecological movement : some philosophical aspects by Arne Naess Ecofeminism : toward global justice and planetary health by Greta Gaard and Lori Gruen Ecological feminism and ecosystem ecology by Karen J. Warren and Jim Cheney Beyond intrinsic value : pragmatism in environmental ethics by Anthony Weston Pragmatism in environmental ethics : democracy, pluralism, and the management of nature by Ben A. Minteer and Robert E. Manning The ethics of sustainable resources by Donald Scherer Toward a just and sustainable economic order by John B. Cobb, Jr. Ethics, public policy, and global warming by Dale Jamieson Faking nature by Robert Elliot The big lie : human restoration of nature by Eric Katz Ecological restoration and the culture of nature : a pragmatic perspective by Andrew Light An amalgamation of wilderness preservation arguments by Michael P. Nelson A critique of and an alternative to the wilderness area by J. Baird Callicott Wilderness--now more than ever : a response to Callicott by Reed F. Noss Feeding people versus saving nature? by Holmes Rolston III Saving nature, feeding people, and ethics by Robin Attfield Integrating environmentalism and human rights by James W. Nickel and Eduardo Viola Environmental justice : an environmental civil rights value acceptable to all world views by Troy W. Hartley Sustainability and intergenerational justice by Brian Barry Democracy and sense of place values in environmental policy by Bryan G. Norton and Bruce Hannon Environmental awareness and liberal education by Andrew Brennan