Environmental Ethics
An Anthology
Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
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.
Introduction to the Volume: Ethics and Environmental Ethics.
Part I: What is Environmental Ethics? An Introduction.
Part II: Who Counts in an Environmental Ethics? Animals? Plants?
Ecosystems?.
Part III: Is Nature Intrinsically Valuable?.
Part IV: Is There One Environmental Ethic? Monism versus
Pluralism.
Part V: Reframing Environmental Ethics: What Alternatives
Exist?.
Part VI: Focusing on Central Issues: Sustaining, Restoring,
Preserving Nature.
Part VII: What on Earth Do We Want? Human Social Issues and
Environmental Values.
Part I: What is Environmental Ethics? An Introduction.
Part II: Who Counts in an Environmental Ethics? Animals? Plants?
Ecosystems?.
Part III: Is Nature Intrinsically Valuable?.
Part IV: Is There One Environmental Ethic? Monism versus
Pluralism.
Part V: Reframing Environmental Ethics: What Alternatives
Exist?.
Part VI: Focusing on Central Issues: Sustaining, Restoring,
Preserving Nature.
Part VII: What on Earth Do We Want? Human Social Issues and
Environmental Values.
"Environmental Ethics ranks with the best of recent
collections and will make an excellent course text. The skillful
blend of classic and contemporary essays generates a clear sense
both of the ongoing debates and the developing agenda of the
subject, and demonstrates its growing importance for social
decision-making." Alan Holland, Lancaster University, UK
"This anthology will get environmental ethics unstuck. It
contains all the landmarks of the first great period of
environmental ethics, but also fresh and provocative reflections
that will steer the enterprise out of its present self-absorption
and in socially trenchant and politically fruitful directions."
Albert Borgmann, University of Montana
"Environmental Ethics is comprehensive, assembles
both classics and new initiatives, and is organized so as to throw
into clear relief the focal issues and critical debates that define
the field. It is an invaluable guide for navigating the rapidly
changing terrain that is environmental ethics, and one that pushes
the field forward on a number of important fronts." Alison
Wylie, Washington University, St. Louis
collections and will make an excellent course text. The skillful
blend of classic and contemporary essays generates a clear sense
both of the ongoing debates and the developing agenda of the
subject, and demonstrates its growing importance for social
decision-making." Alan Holland, Lancaster University, UK
"This anthology will get environmental ethics unstuck. It
contains all the landmarks of the first great period of
environmental ethics, but also fresh and provocative reflections
that will steer the enterprise out of its present self-absorption
and in socially trenchant and politically fruitful directions."
Albert Borgmann, University of Montana
"Environmental Ethics is comprehensive, assembles
both classics and new initiatives, and is organized so as to throw
into clear relief the focal issues and critical debates that define
the field. It is an invaluable guide for navigating the rapidly
changing terrain that is environmental ethics, and one that pushes
the field forward on a number of important fronts." Alison
Wylie, Washington University, St. Louis
Andrew Light is Assistant Professor of Environmental
Philosophy at New York University, and Research Fellow at the
Institute for Environment, Philosophy, and Public Policy at
Lancaster University, UK. He has edited or co-edited thirteen
books, including Environmental Pragmatism (1996), Social
Ecology after Bookchin (1999), and Technology and the Good
Life (2000). He is also co-editor of the journal Philosophy
and Geography and President of the Society for Philosophy and
Technology.
Holmes Rolston III is University Distinguished Professor
and Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is
often called "the father of environmental ethics" as an
academic discipline and was featured in Fifty Key Thinkers on
the Environment (2001). He is author of numerous books
including Philosophy Gone Wild (1986), Environmental
Ethics (1988), Conserving Natural Value (1997), and
Genes, Genesis and God (1999). He is past president of the
International Society for Environmental Ethics.
Philosophy at New York University, and Research Fellow at the
Institute for Environment, Philosophy, and Public Policy at
Lancaster University, UK. He has edited or co-edited thirteen
books, including Environmental Pragmatism (1996), Social
Ecology after Bookchin (1999), and Technology and the Good
Life (2000). He is also co-editor of the journal Philosophy
and Geography and President of the Society for Philosophy and
Technology.
Holmes Rolston III is University Distinguished Professor
and Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is
often called "the father of environmental ethics" as an
academic discipline and was featured in Fifty Key Thinkers on
the Environment (2001). He is author of numerous books
including Philosophy Gone Wild (1986), Environmental
Ethics (1988), Conserving Natural Value (1997), and
Genes, Genesis and God (1999). He is past president of the
International Society for Environmental Ethics.
