Environmental Ethics

What is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? Would a limit on per capita emissions be fair? Is rewilding just another form of the human domination of nature? Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to the field. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory into practice, showing how ethics guide environmental policies, but also how actions shape environmental values. Updated and expanded to engage with the latest scholarship, scientific discoveries, and societal challenges, this 2nd edition features: • New sections on food ethics, climate change denial, climate activism, and the Anthropocene • Contemporary case studies including lab-grown meat, Extinction Rebellion, and European rewilding • Expanded coverage of non-Western ethics, including Indigenous ethical perspectives and African relational ethics • Updated discussion questions, further reading sections, and online resources Exploring the possibilities and limitations inherent in both classical ethical models and modern theoretical approaches to the environment, this is a key resource for teaching students to think ethically about the world we live in.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2015-01-29

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Philosophy, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5040/9781474236607
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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