Overview

Environmental Ethics for Canadians is a comprehensive introduction to the core ethical questions shaping contemporary environmental debates. A hybrid textbook and reader, this text combines classic essays with contemporary selections and case studies designed for students to fully engage with current issues in environmental ethics.

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Author:   Byron Williston (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780199014491

ISBN 10:   0199014493
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   15 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

* Indicates commissioned article Introduction The Nature of Moral Assessment Challenges to Morality I: Ethical Egoism Challenges to Morality II: Ethical Relativism Four Normative Theories Part One: Moral Standing 1. Animal Welfarism Moral Standing and Speciesism Peter Singer: - All Animals Are Equal Beyond Utilitarianism Problems with Animal Welfarism and Animal Citizenship Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka: - Animal Citizenship * NEW Case Study: Sustainabilitarianism and Eating Beef 2. Biocentrism Rights for Living Things? Christopher Stone: - Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects Biocentric Egalitarianism Paul W. Taylor: - The Biocentric Outlook on Nature Human Superiority and Inter-Species Conflict Case Study: Respect for Nature and the Mount Polley Mine Disaster NEW 3. Ecocentrism and Deep Ecology The Land Ethic Aldo Leopold: - The Land Ethic Going Deep Arne Naess: - Identification as a Source of Deep Ecological Attitudes Three Objections and Responses Case Study: Tallgrass Prairie as an Endangered Space Part Two: Challenges and New Directions 4. Economics and Ecology Optimal Thinking William F. Baxter: - People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution The Allure of Cost-Benefit Analysis Problems with Cost-Benefit Analysis Dale Jamieson: - Ethics, Public Policy, and Global Warming * NEW Case Study: Aquaculture and the Economic Growth Imperative 5. Environmental Pragmatism Two Problems with Intrinsic Value Value Pluralism: Reclaiming the Land Ethic Anthony Weston: - Before Environmental Ethics The Importance of Building Consensus Jennifer Welchman: - Environmental Pragmatism * Case Study: Protecting Canada's Freshwater Resource 6. Ecofeminism Sexism and Naturism: Making the Connection Karen J. Warren: - The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism Overcoming Dualisms Ecofeminism Now Patricia Glazebrook: - Ecofeminists Without Borders: The Power of Method * NEW E Conclusion Case Study: Dioxin in Breast Milk and Women as Frontline Environmentalists 7. Environmental Aesthetics Beauty and Duty: Mapping the Terrain Allen Carlson: - Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and Environmentalism * The Dispositive Character of Natural Beauty Judgments Ronald Moore: - The Moral Dimensions of Natural Beauty * Aesthetic Weight and the Preservationist's Dilemma Glenn Parsons: - Aesthetic Preservation * Case Study: Nunavut and the Reciprocity Thesis 8. First Nations' Perspectives The Circle Georges Sioui: - The Sacred Circle of Life Confronting Myths of the Ecological Amerindian Bruce Morito: - The 'Ecological Indian' and Environmentalism * Traditional Ecological Knowledge Case Study: Language, Land, and the Residential Schools 9. Environmental Virtue Ethics Human Excellence and the Environment Thomas E. Hill, Jr.: - Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments Epistemic Environmental Virtues Byron Williston: - Epistemic Virtue and the Ecological Crisis NEW Two Objections and Responses Case Study: Three Canadian Environmentalist Exemplars 10. Social Ecology and Environmental Activism Bookchin's Social Ecology The Importance of Activism Nir Barak and Avner de-Shalit: - Environmental Political Activism * NEW The Problem of Domination Integrity and Stewardship Laura Westra: - Ecological Integrity: Between Ethics and Law * NEW Case Study: Fighting Hierarchy through Access to Knowledge Part Three: Environmental Issues 11. Climate Change Confronting Climate Change Denial Responsibility for Climate Change Martin Schoenfeld: - American Disenlightenment, or Climate Change Made in the USA * NEW The Problem of Political Inertia Stephen M. Gardiner: - Saved by Disaster? Abrupt Climate Change, Political Inertia, and the Possibility of an Intergenerational Arms Race Case Study: Canada, Climate Change, and Bullshit NEW 12. Population and Consumption Malthus's Challenge Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus: - An Essay on the Principle of Population The Economist's Retort Julian Simon: - Can the Supply of Natural Resources Really Be Infinite? Yes! Peak Oil and the Tar Sands Case Study: Making Space for Grizzlies 13. The Biodiversity Crisis Species or Individuals? The Nature of Biodiversity David Suzuki: - The Power of Diversity The Value of Biodiversity David Ehrenfeld: - Why Put a Value on Biodiversity? Species Preservation: The Challenge of Climate Change Ronald L. Sandler: - Global Climate Change and Species Preservation * NEW Case Study: Biodiversity and the Decline of Pollinators NEW 14. Sustainability Sustainability and Human Needs Robert F. Litke: - The Concept of 'Sustainability' * Sustainability and Substitutability Sustainability and the City Ingrid Leman Stefanovic: - Sustainability and Sense of Place * Case Study: Nuclear Power: Unsustainable Train to the Future?

Reviews

What I like about Environmental Ethics for Canadians is that it covers all the standard material that is covered in most other texts, but also includes some chapters that are novel and unexpected. I especially appreciated the chapters on aesthetics, sustainability, First Nations perspectives and pragmatism. * Stephen F. Haller, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Campus * Williston's book is unique amongst environmental ethics textbooks in that it both is comprehensive in scope and explicitly addresses environmental issues - from theory to practice - that are of pressing concern to Canadians. * Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, University of Toronto *

Williston's book is unique amongst environmental ethics textbooks in that it both is comprehensive in scope and explicitly addresses environmental issues - from theory to practice - that are of pressing concern to Canadians. Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, University of Toronto What I like about Environmental Ethics for Canadians is that it covers all the standard material that is covered in most other texts, but also includes some chapters that are novel and unexpected. I especially appreciated the chapters on aesthetics, sustainability, First Nations perspectives and pragmatism. Stephen F. Haller, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Campus

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Byron Williston is associate professor of philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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