Overview
As global capitalism expands and reaches ever-further corners of the world, practical problems continue to escalate and repercussions become increasingly serious and irreversible. These practical problems carry with them equally important and ethical issues. Global Ethics and Environment explores these ethical issues from a range of perspectives and using a wide range of case studies. Chapters focus on: the impact of development in new industrial regions; the ethical relationship between human and non-human nature; the application of ethics in different cultural and institutional contexts; environmental injustice in the location of hazardous materials and processes; the ethics of the impact of a single event (Chernobyl) on the global community; the ethics of transitional institutions. This collection will both stimulate debate and provide an excellent resource for wide-ranging case study material and solid academic context. Elamr Altvater Freie Universitat Berlin. Robert Bullard Clark Atlanta University, USA. John Dryzek The University of Melbourne. Henrietta Fourmile. Clive Hamilton Tn
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Author: Nicholas Low
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780415197366
ISBN 10: 0415197368
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 23 September 1999
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction, Nicholas Low; Chapter 2 An outline of the problems ahead, Arne Naess; Part 1 Environmental justice challenges; Chapter 3 Environmental justice challenges at home and abroad, Robert Bullard; Chapter 4 Ecological balance in an era of globalization, Vandana Shiva; Chapter 5 Chernobyl, global environmental injustice and mutagenic threats, Kristin Shrader-Frechette; Chapter 6 Justice, the market and climate change, Clive Hamilton; Part 2 Environmental justice: issues of principle; Chapter 7 Considerations on the environment of justice, David Harvey; Chapter 8 Care-sensitive ethics and situated universalism, Karen Warren; Chapter 9 Ethics across the species boundary, Peter Singer; Chapter 10 Mapping human rights, Tom Regan; Chapter 11 Indigenous ecologies and an ethic of connection, Deborah Bird Rose; Chapter 12 Ecological ethics from rights to recognition, Val Plumwood; Part 3 Global political justice; Chapter 13 Indigenous peoples, the conservation of traditional ecological knowledge, and global governance, Henrietta Fourmile; Chapter 14 Fairness matters, Oran R. Young; Chapter 15 Global ecological democracy, John S. Dryzek; Chapter 16 Restructuring the space of democracy, Elmar Altvater;
Reviews
The strength of this volume lies in its presentation of a broad range of theoretical constructs. As such, it is best suited to a course with a specific focus on environmental ethics or philosophy. Particularly in a graduate-level course, this collection of essays would provide an excellent resource for discussion and debate on whether and how our global institutions will be transformed if we are to achieve equitable and ecologically sustainable development.. <br>-Teresa L. Bulman, Department of Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR <br>
Author Information
Nicholas Low is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. His book, Justice, Society and Nature (1998, Routledge), won the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award of the International Studies Association (USA) for the best book on ecological politics in 1998.
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