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Environmental ethics

  • Against Ecological Sovereigntyby Mick Smith

    University of Minnesota Press 2011; US$ 75.00

    Against Ecological Sovereignty is a passionate defense of radical ecology that speaks directly to current debates concerning the nature, and dangers, of sovereign power. Engaging the work of Bataille, Arendt, Levinas, Nancy, and Agamben, among others, Mick Smith reconnects the political critique of sovereign power with ecological considerations, arguing... more...

  • Boundariesby Christine E. Gudorf; James E. Huchingson

    Georgetown University Press 2010; US$ 29.95

    In this expanded and revised edition of a fresh and original case-study textbook on environmental ethics, Christine Gudorf and James Huchingson continue to explore the line that separates the current state of the environment from what it should be in the future. Boundaries begins with a lucid overview of the field, highlighting the key developments... more...

  • Character and Environmentby Ronald L. Sandler

    Columbia University Press 2007; US$ 26.99

    Virtue ethics is now widely recognized as an alternative to Kantian and consequentialist ethical theories. However, moral philosophers have been slow to bring virtue ethics to bear on topics in applied ethics. Moreover, environmental virtue ethics is an underdeveloped area of environmental ethics. Although environmental ethicists often employ virtue-oriented... more...

  • Chinnagounder's Challengeby Deane W. Curtin

    Indiana University Press 1999; US$ 11.95

    "... an important contribution to environmental philosophy.... includes provocative discussions of institutional and systemic violence, indigenous resistance to 'development,' the land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, women's ecological knowledge, Jeffersonian agrarian republicanism, Berry's ideas about ... more...

  • Climate change and sustainable developmentby Thomas Potthast; Simon Meisch

    Springer 2012; US$ 99.00

    Climate change is a major framing condition for sustainable development of agriculture and food. Global food production is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and at the same time it is among the sectors worst affected by climate change.This book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors exploring the ethical dimensions... more...

  • Doing Environmental Ethicsby Robert Traer

    Westview Press 2012; US$ 40.00

    An engaging and commonsense exploration of how, with a deeper sense of self and one?s place in nature, we can begin to change our carbon footprint more...

  • Earth's Insightsby J. Baird Callicott

    University of California Press 1994; US$ 29.95

    The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centered predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. Earth's Insights widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews. J. Baird Callicott ranges broadly, exploring the sacred texts of Islam, Hinduism,... more...

  • Environmental Ethicsby King-Tak Ip

    Editions Rodopi 2009; US$ 53.20

    This book shows that environmental protection is a global concern that must enlist all of humanity’s cultural, religious, and moral resources. The nine essays in this volume explore the foundations of environmental ethics in the Western philosophical tradition as well as from the perspectives of Christianity, Islam, Daoism, and Buddhism and propose... more...

  • Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology and Natural Selectionby Lisa Sideris

    Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 33.99

    In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on... more...

  • Environmental Valuesby John O'Neill; Alan Holland; Andrew Light

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 56.95

    We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and values. Yet dominant approaches to policy-making... more...