Trevor Hedberg

The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation

The Ethics of Procreation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the link between population growth and environmental impact and explores the implications of this connection for the ethics of procreation. It will be of great interest to those studying environmental ethics, environmental policy, climate change, sustainability, and population policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9781032236766
• ISBN-10: 1032236760
• Artikelnr.: 62951783

Autorenporträt

Trevor Hedberg is a postdoctoral scholar at The Ohio State University, USA, jointly affiliated with the College of Pharmacy and the Center for Ethics and Human Values.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Confronting the Problem 1. The Uncomfortable Reality of Rising
Numbers 2. The Gravity of the Population Problem Part 2: Intergenerational
Ethics, Population Policy, and Personal Procreative Obligations 3.
Intergenerational Equity and Long-Term Environmental Impacts 4. The Moral
Duty to Halt Population Growth 5. Policies That Promote Smaller Families 6.
Individual Procreative Obligations Part 3: Objections from Alternative
Approaches to Procreative Ethics 7. Antinatalism 8. Reproductive Rights and
Procreative Freedom Part 4: Lingering Questions 9. What about Immigration?
10. What about the Nonhuman Community?11. Can We Solve the Problem?
Appendix: The Non-Identity Problem