Ethics for Environmental Policy reviews recent work in the field of
environmental ethics. The text examines ways in which ethical
frames of reference and decision principles are invoked in policy
debates related to environmental protection, and how the
integration of thought regarding conduct ethics and virtue ethics
is essential for application of theory to practice. The third
edition opens with two new chapters. The first presents an overview
of ethical theory with emphasis on the role of ethical analysis and
critique in framing debate on contemporary environmental problems.
The second addresses issues at the forefront of this debate with
emphasis on views and institutional responses to climate change,
biodiversity loss, and the volume of pollutants and hazardous waste
generated in industrial society. The book explores how the
relationship between humans and the natural world has been
conceived in various cultural traditions throughout history,
followed by an examination of an attitudinal orientation toward
nature grounded in respect, humility, gratitude, and
responsibility. Positions on the moral status of non-human biotic
entities are presented from several theoretical perspectives. The
final chapters address issues related to the preservation,
protection, and sustainable use of resources and the respective
roles played by markets, government, and activist non-governmental
organizations.
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