Environmental ethics : an introduction with readings /: an introduction with readings. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Benson.
• Other Names: Benson, John, 1929-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What this Book is About; The Method; Aspects of Morality and Varieties of Ethical Theory; Metaethics and the Question of Intrinsic Value; Further Reading; 1. Environments and environmental ethics; Environments; Environmental Ethics; Environmental Problems; The Range of Environmental Concern; Independent v. Dependent Moral Status; Shades of Green; The Last Man; Resisting the Argument; Discussion; Getting Beyond Human Chauvinism; The Justification Problem; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes. 2. Environmental goods and human well-beingIntroduction; Human-Centredness: How Severely does it Restrict Our Concern for the Non-Human?; Discussion; Ways in Which Nature is Necessary to Our Well-Being; Discussion; Instrumental and Non-Instrumental Value; Discussion; Well-Being: Conditions and Constituents; Discussion; Weighing Goods; Discussion; How Effective are the Objections to CBA?; Discussion; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; 3. Environmental goods and the problem of cooperation; Introduction; The Object of Morality; Prisoners' and Related Dilemmas; Discussion. Cooperation and Public BenefitsDiscussion; Conditions of Cooperation; Prudence, Morality and Rationality; Free-Riding and Sensible Knavery; The Return of the Herdsmen; Discussion; Conclusion; Further Reading; Answers to Exercise 10; Notes; 4. Environmental virtues; Introduction; Character Virtues and Virtues of Intellect; Some Environmental Virtues; Discussion; Religious and Secular Attitudes; Discussion; The Value of Scientific Enquiry; Discussion; Discussion; Care; Conclusion; Further Reading; Note; 5. What entities have independent moral status?; Introduction. Independent Moral Status and its ExtensionA Brief Review of Taylor's Theory; Discussion; 'Teleological Centres of Life'; Criticism of Taylor's Theory; Discussion; Discussion; Sumner on Taylor; Discussion; Conclusion; Further Reading; Answers to Exercise 17; Notes; 6. Relating to nature 1: following nature; Introduction; John Stuart Mill on Nature; Discussion; What is and What Ought to be; Other Ways of Learning from Nature; Discussion; Absolute and Relative Wildness; Conclusion; Further Reading; Answers to Exercise 21; 7. Relating to nature 2: on being a part of nature; Introduction. A Naturalistic View of the Human SituationExtended Communities and Extended Selves; Discussion; Plumwood's Critique of Deep Ecology; Discussion; Attitudes to Nature: A Cautionary Note; Conclusion; Postscript; Further Reading; Notes; Readings; Reading 1. Environmental ethics in practice; Note; Reading 2. 'The Cultural Approach to Conservation Biology'; Notes; Reading 3. The environmental ethic; Note; Reading 4. 'Neither Use nor Ornament: A Consumers'Guide to Care'; Introduction; Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Postscript; Notes; Reading 5. Economic valuation of environmental goods.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 179/.1; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Environmental ethics; Environmental ethics; Éthique de l'environnement; PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Environmental ethics; Milieuethiek; Umweltethik; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317972556; 1317972554; 9781315870397; 1315870398; 9781317972563; 1317972562
• Related ISBNs: 0415212359; 9780415212359; 0415212367; 9780415212366; 9780415212236
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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