Global Environmental Ethics

Name: Global Environmental Ethics
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ISBN: 9781559349918

ISBN-10: 1559349913

ISBN-13: 9781559349918

Edition: 1999

Authors: Louis P. Pojman

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Book details

List price: $64.38
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 4/2/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 393
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


The Environment: A Global Perspective


Theory


What Is Ethics?


Ethical Relativism: Who's to Judge What's Right and Wrong?


Egoism, Self-Interest, and Altruism


Classical Ethical Theories and the Problem of Future Generations


The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis


Animal Rights: Sentience as Significant


Does Nature Have Objective Value?


Ecocentric Holism: The Land Ethic


Contemporary Environmental Philosophy: Biocentric Egalitarianism


Application


Population: General Considerations


Population and World Hunger


Air Pollution, the Greenhouse Effect, and the Ozone Depletion


Water Pollution, Pesticides, and Hazardous Waste


Energy: The Ethics of Power


Preservation of Wilderness and Species


Economics, Ethics, and the Environment


The Challenge of the Future: From Dysfunctional to Sustainable Society


Glossary


Index