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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Ethics and Science | |
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| Moral Philosophy: An Adventure in Reasoning | |
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| Right and Good | |
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| Reasoning about Our Feelings | |
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| Environmental Ethics | |
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| Learning from Diverse Theories | |
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| Doing Ethics Together | |
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| Questions | |
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| Ethics and Science: Moral Consideration | |
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| What We Know and Can't Know | |
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| An Evolving Theory of Evolution | |
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| Ecosystems and Emergent Properties | |
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| Ascribing Value to Nature | |
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| Questions | |
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| Ethics and Economics: The Common Good | |
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| Invisible Hand? | |
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| Economic and Ethical Issues | |
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| Globalization and Economic Growth | |
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| Green Economics | |
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| Questions | |
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| Constructing and Testing Ethical Presumptions | |
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| Duty: Nature and Future Generations | |
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| Doing Our Duty | |
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| Right Action | |
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| Commanded by God: Jews and Muslims | |
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| Government, Land and Property | |
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| Applying the Golden Rule | |
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| Animals, Species, Ecosystems, and Landscapes | |
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| Questions | |
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| Character: Ecological Virtues | |
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| Being Good | |
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| Children's Stories | |
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| Christian Stewardship | |
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| Virtues: Integrity, Gratitude, and Frugality | |
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| Respecting and Appreciating Nature | |
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| Questions | |
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| Relationships: Empathy and Integrity | |
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| Empathy Is Natural | |
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| Culture and Human Nature | |
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| Deep Ecology | |
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| Ecofeminism: A Social Ecology | |
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| Ecological Integrity | |
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| Questions | |
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| Rights: Humans and Animals? | |
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| Human Rights Law | |
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| Environmental Rights | |
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| Animal Rights? | |
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| A Rights Strategy | |
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| Questions | |
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| Consequences: Predicting the Future | |
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| Utilitarianism | |
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| Animal Suffering | |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Biocentric Consequentialism | |
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| Scientific Consequences | |
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| Questions | |
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| Worksheet | |
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| Learning from Nature | |
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| Ecological Living: Sustainable Consumption | |
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| Duty: To Reduce Our Consumption | |
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| Character: Consumer Choices | |
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| Relationships: Our Natural Community | |
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| Rights: To a Healthy Environment | |
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| Consequences: Sustainable Consumption | |
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| Questions | |
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| Environmental Policy: Governments, Corporations, NGOs | |
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| Governments: International and US Policies | |
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| Corporations: Sustainable Practices | |
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| Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs): Advocacy and Action | |
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| Ethical Reasoning: Analysis | |
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| Questions | |
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| Air and Water: A Healthy Environment | |
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| The Earths Atmosphere | |
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| Air: Pollution and Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Water: Quality and Scarcity | |
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| Economic Predictions: Shortsighted | |
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| Questions | |
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| Agriculture: Land and Food | |
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| Nature's Cycles | |
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| Industrial Agriculture | |
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| Poor Farmers | |
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| Sustainable Farming | |
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| Questions | |
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| Public Land: Adaptive Management | |
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| Conservationists versus Preservationists | |
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| National Forests and Parks | |
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| Restoring Deserts and Wetlands | |
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| Rainforests | |
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| Wildlife Reserves in Asia and Africa | |
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| Ethical and Legal Presumptions | |
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| Questions | |
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| Urban Ecology: Building Green | |
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| The Built Environment | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Water and Waste | |
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| Sustainable Cities | |
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| Environmental Justice | |
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| Consequences | |
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| Questions | |
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| Climate Change: Global Warming | |
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| The Carbon Cycle | |
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| Responsibility | |
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| Predicting Consequences | |
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| Taking Action | |
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| Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |