Environmental Ethics for Canadians
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Environmental Ethics for Canadians
Author: Byron Williston
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Published: 2022-11-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780190165925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe climate emergency is the greatest threat facing humanity. Almost every discipline and future career path - from business to technology, engineering, and politics - will force students to confront ethical concerns as they relate to the environment, natural resources, and sustainable growth.Written in a consistent, readable voice, Byron Williston's Environmental Ethics for Canadians demystifies the main thinkers and questions central to environmental ethics, without overwhelming students with detail or philosophy-specific jargon, showcasing the complex philosophical and ethicalquestions that arise as we interact with the natural world and work to stem climate change in an accessible way.A hybrid textbook and reader, combining classic essays by leaders in environmental philosophy with contemporary selections by emerging voices in the field - including original pieces commissioned expressly for this volume - this text provides students with the foundational concepts and newperspectives they need to truly understand our changing relationship to the environment. While instructors often find it difficult to animate environmental ethics and demonstrate its career relevance to their students, many of whom are non-philosophy majors, this edition's new feature boxes helpillustrate the way philosophical thought and ideas have been utilized in the world and in Canada to create change, showing students the practicality of learning these ideas for their future careers. Incorporating Indigenous perspectives throughout, including a full chapter devoted to Indigenous waysof knowing, as well as expanded content on the Anthropocene, biodiversity loss, and climate change, this volume brings philosophical debate to today's greatest opportunities and challenges. Global in outlook, but Canadian in focus, this ground-up Canadian text provides students examples and casestudies from their own backyard to engage them and propel their thinking outward.
Doing Environmental Ethics
Author: Robert Traer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-17
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0429974922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoing Environmental Ethics faces our ecological crisis by drawing on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on arguments for duty, character, relationships, and rights, and then tests these moral presumptions by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them. Students apply what they learn to policy issues discussed in the final part of the book: sustainable consumption, environmental policy, clean air and water, agriculture, managing public lands, urban ecology, and climate change. Questions after each chapter and a worksheet aid readers in deciding how to live more responsibly. The second edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in environmental ethics, including sustainable practices of corporations, environmental NGO actions, and rainforest certification programs. This edition also gives greater emphasis to environmental justice, Rawls, and ecofeminism. Revised study questions concern application and analysis, and new 'Decisions' inserts invite students to analyze evaluate current environmental issues.
Environmental Ethics
Author: Holmes Rolston
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2012-06-20
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1439903913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA systematic account of values carried by the natural world.
Canadian Issues in Environmental Ethics
Author: Wesley Cragg
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 1997-06-10
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 1551111284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs it possible to design a forest policy that satisfies ethical and environmental concerns and is acceptable to business, labour and First Nations representatives? What is the best path through the tangle of ethical issues surrounding the collapse of the east coast fishery? What sort of obligations does a rich nation such as Canada have to satisfy the claims of global environmental justice? These are the sorts of issues in applied ethics that are tackled in this collection of essays, the vast majority of which have been written especially for this volume. It is the first Canadian collection of its kind. The book is divided in to sections detailing with such topics as the environment and the economy; ethical issues relating to non-human animals; issues of gender; and issues relating to native peoples. Most of the authors are philosophers, though specialists in geography, geology, and the social sciences are also among the contributors. Frequent reference is made to theoretical ethical concerns, but the focus throughout is on applied ethics, and a variety of case studies are included. (Examples include essays on animal rights and the case of native hunters; surface mining in Northern Ontario, the Quebec arctic; and fishing communities in the Maritimes.) Comparisons are frequently drawn to policies and ethical questions arising in other countries-most prominently the United States.
Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Robin Attfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-12-06
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0192517554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. As our environment faces evermore threats from human activities these core issues are becoming increasingly important. In this Very Short Introduction Robin Attfield traces the origins of environmental ethics as a discipline, and considers how it defends the independent value of living creatures, and the need to make decisions informed by the needs and interests of future generations. Exploring the diverse approaches to ethical decisions and judgements, he highlights the importance of making processes of production and consumption sustainable and of addressing human population levels, together with policies for preserving species, sub-species, and their habitats. Along the way Attfield discusses different movements such as Deep Ecology, Social Ecology, the Environmental Justice movement and the Green movement, and also considers the attitudes to the environment of the world's religions, including the approach from the major religions and the contributions of the indigenous religions of Asia, Africa and North America. Analysing the current threat of climate change, and proposals for climate engineering, he demonstrates how responsibility for the environment ultimately lies with us all, from states and corporations to individuals, and emphasises how concerted action is required to manage our environment ethically and sustainably. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Ethics and the Environment
Author: Dale Jamieson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-01-24
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1139467883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the environment, and how does it figure in an ethical life? This book is an introduction to the philosophical issues involved in this important question, focussing primarily on ethics but also encompassing questions in aesthetics and political philosophy. Topics discussed include the environment as an ethical question, human morality, meta-ethics, normative ethics, humans and other animals, the value of nature, and nature's future. The discussion is accessible and richly illustrated with examples. The book will be valuable for students taking courses in environmental philosophy, and also for a wider audience in courses in ethics, practical ethics, and environmental studies. It will also appeal to general readers who want a reliable and sophisticated introduction to the field.
Environmental Ethics
Author: John Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1317972562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresupposing no prior knowledge of philosophy, John Benson introduces the fundamentals of environmental ethics by asking whether a concern with human well-being is an adequate basis for environmental ethics. He encourages the reader to explore this question, considering techniques used to value the environment and critically examining 'light green' to 'deep green' environmentalism. Each chapter is linked to a reading from a key thinker such as J.S. Mill and E.O. Wilson. Key features include activities and exercises, enabling readers to monitor their progress throughout the book, chapter summaries and guides to further reading.
Environmental Ethics for the Long Term
Author: John Nolt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-25
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1317615891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBroad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity’s responsibility for distant future life. John Nolt, a logician and environmental ethicist, interweaves contemporary science, logical analysis, and ethical theory into the story of the expansion of ethics beyond the human species and into the far future. Informed by contemporary environmental science, the book deduces concrete policy recommendations from carefully justified ethical principles and ends with speculations concerning the deepest problems of environmental ethics. Pedagogical features include chapter outlines, annotated suggestions for further readings, the explanations of key terms when first mentioned, and an extensive glossary.
Environmental Ethics
Author: Gregory Bassham
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2020-12-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1624669395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental Ethics provides an accessible, lively, and up-to-date introduction to the central issues and controversies in environmental ethics. Requiring no previous knowledge of philosophy or ethical theory, the book will be of interest to students, environmental scientists, environmental policy makers, and anyone curious to know what philosophers are saying today about the urgent environmental challenges we face. The book is divided into two parts.Part One deals with theoretical issues in environmental philosophy, examining a variety of ethical and environmental theories that provide diverse and thought-provoking perspectives on critical ecological issues. Part Two turns to applied environmental ethics, addressing current debates on topics such as climate change, biodiversity loss, wilderness preservation, responsibilities to future generations, population growth, overconsumption, food ethics, and ecological activism. Features include: Clear explanations of key concepts and theories that lie at the heart of current debates in environmental ethics. A mix of theory of practice that permits readers to apply diverse theoretical perspectives to key environmental debates. A wealth of pedagogical aids, including chapter summaries, discussion questions, suggested readings, and a glossary of important terms.
