The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hale, Benjamin; Lawhon, Lydia; Light, Andrew

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs, this volume is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches, the Companion focuses on specific environmental problems and other concrete issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 850
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317665410
• Artikelnr.: 64273294

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Hale is Associate Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His primary area of research is environmental and public health ethics, and he is the author of the book, The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature (2016). Andrew Light is University Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Atmospheric Sciences, and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University. He is currently on leave, serving as Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters on climate change, restoration ecology, and urban sustainability, and has authored, co-authored, and edited 19 books, including Environmental Values (Routledge, 2008), Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice (2003), Technology and the Good Life? (2000), and Environmental Pragmatism (Routledge, 1996). He was previously a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., and served as Senior Advisor and India Counselor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change in the U.S. Department of State. Lydia A. Lawhon is Research Associate in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research broadly investigates the drivers of practical conflicts between people and large carnivores and the political conflicts between people over large carnivore management.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Animals 1. Animal Cognition and Moral Status 2. Eating
3. Experimentation 4. Companion Animals 5. Species and Wildlife 6. Wild
Animals 7. Hunting Part II: Land 8. Forests 9. Mountains: Rethinking
Thinking Like a Mountain 10. Wilderness 11. National Parks 12. Landscape
13. Property Part III: Water 14. Water Quality and Availability 15.
Wetlands 16. Rivers and Watersheds 17. Ocean Policy 18. Fishing and
Harvesting 19. The Ethics of Marine Protected Areas Part IV: Climate 20.
Moral Bases of Responses to Climate Change 21. Climate Modeling 22. Climate
Change Mitigation 23. Climate Justice and Equity 24. Geoengineering 25.
Skepticism and Denialism Part V: Energy and Extraction 26. Fossil Fuels 27.
Mining 28. Nuclear Power 29. Hydropower 30. Renewable Energy 31. Natural
Gas and Fracking 32. Energy Poverty Part VI: Cities 33. Urban
Sustainability 34. Urban Parks and Open Space 35. Suburbs and Exurbs 36.
Transportation 37. Waste and Consumption Part VII: Agriculture 38. Food 39.
Industrial Agriculture 40. Biotechnology 41. Sustainable Agriculture 42.
Community Gardens Part VIII: Environmental Transformation 43. Remediation
44. Restoration 45. Assisted Migration and Reintroduction 46. Zoos and
Conservation 47. Rewilding 48. Novel Ecosystems Part IX: Policy Frameworks
and Response Measures 49. Pollution and Polluter Pays 50. Constitutional
Rights 51. Libertarianism 52. Prediction and Forecasting 53. Disaster
Response Part X: Regulatory Tools 54. Command and Control 55. Economic
Instruments 56. Cost-Benefit Analysis 57. Risk Assessment 58. Precautionary
Principles 59. Adaptive Management Part XI: Advocacy and Activism 60.
Education 61. Everyday Aesthetics 62. Community Participation 63.
Environmental Justice 64. Environmental Civil Disobedience 65. Lawbreaking
and Ecoterrorism