The Ethics of the Environment

Contents: Introduction Part I Values and the Environment: Is there a need for a new, an environmental, ethic?, Richard Sylvan (Routley) Is there an ecological ethic?, Holmes Rolston III Anthropocentrism, atomism, and environmental ethics, Donald Scherer Postmodernism, value, and objectivity, Robin Attfield Why environmental ethics shouldn't give up on intrinsic value, Katie McShane Nature a every last drop of it a is good, Alan Holland. Part II The Land Ethic and Deep Ecology: The land ethic, Aldo Leopold The shallow and the deep, long range ecology movement: a summary, Arne Naess Hume's Is/Ought dichotomy and the relation of ecology to Leopold's land ethic, J. Baird Callicott The land ethic and Callicott's ethical system (1980a 2001): an overview and critique, Y.S. Lo The inadequacy of Callicott's ecological communitarianism, Darren Domsky Radical American environmentalism and wilderness preservation: a 3rd World critique, Ramachandra Guha Nature, self and gender feminism, environmental philosophy and the critique of rationalism, Val Plumwood Beasts versus the biosphere?, Mary Midgley. Part III Biocentric Approaches: On being morally considerable, Kenneth E. Goodpaster The ethics of respect for nature, Paul W. Taylor The nature and possibility of an environmental ethic, Tom Regan Biocentric individualism, Gary Varner A biocentrist strikes back, James B. Sterba. Part IV Virtue Ethics and Human Values: Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments, Thomas E. Hill Jr Environmental ethics and weak anthropocentrism, Bryan G. Norton Must a concern for the environment be centred on human beings?, Bernard Williams When utilitarians should be virtue theorists, Dale Jamieson. Part V Equity and the Future: Nuclear energy and obligations to the future, R. and V.Routley Why care about the future?, Ernest Partridge Global environment and international inequality, Henry Shue Adaptation, mitigation and justice, Dale Jamieson Giving a voice to posterity a deliberative democracy and representation of future people, Kristian Skagen Ekeli. Part VI Preservation, Development and Sustainability: Feeding people versus saving nature?, Holmes Rolston III Saving nature and feeding people, Alan Carter Distributive justice and environmental sustainability, Alan Carter. Part VII Making a Difference: The ethicist conception of environmental problems, Barnabas Dickson Can environmental ethics make a difference?, Robin Attfield Name index.