Boundaries A Casebook in Environmental Ethics, Second Edition

Name: Boundaries A Casebook in Environmental Ethics, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9781589016361

ISBN-10: 158901636X

ISBN-13: 9781589016361

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Christine E. Gudorf, James E. Huchingson

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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 and theories in the environmental movement. Specific cases offer a rich and diverse range of situations from around the globe, from saving the forests of Java and the use of pesticides in developing countries to restoring degraded ecosystems in Nebraska. With an emphasis on the concrete circumstances of particular localities, the studies continue…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction



Environmental Ethics: The Range of Engagement



Theory in Environmental Ethics



We're All in This ... Alone: The Individual and Community



Maintaining and Managing the Ecosystem



For Ecological Health or Profit? The POPs Elimination Treaty



Heart Thieves: Preserving Endangered Ecosystems or Endangered Cultures in Madagascar



Must Java Have No Forests? Nature Preserves and Human Population Pressures



Buried Alive: Future Generations and Permanent Underground Disposal of Nuclear Waste



Water: Economic Commodity and Divine Gift



Guardian Angels of Angel Oak: To Till or Keep



Restoring and Re-creating the Ecosystem



River Run or River Ruined: Hydropower or Free-Flowing Rivers?



Nature Creates Deserts Too: Addressing Desertification in China



Rewilding: Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems



Planning for Climate Change



Ecosystem Interventions Aimed at Innovation



Improving on Natural Variation? Genetically Modified Foods



Nature Red in Tooth, Claw, and Bullet: Hunting and Human Presence in Nature



Understanding Xenotransplants: Crossbreeding Humans or Advanced Domestication of Animals?


Appendix: Using Environmental Case Studies in the Classroom


Index