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Environmental Ethics: An Anthology

ISBN: 978-0-631-22294-1

August 2002

Wiley-Blackwell

576 pages

Description

Environmental Ethics: An Anthology brings together both classic and cutting-edge essays which have formed contemporary environmental ethics, ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems to theories of the intrinsic value of nature.

About the Author
Andrew Light is Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy at New York University, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Lancaster University, UK. He has edited or co-edited thirteen books, including Environmental Pragmatism (1996), Social Ecology after Bookchin (1999), and Technology and the Good Life (2000). He is also co-editor of the journal Philosophy and Geography and President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology.

Holmes Rolston III is University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is often called “the father of environmental ethics” as an academic discipline and was featured in Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (2001). He is author of numerous books including Philosophy Gone Wild (1986), Environmental Ethics (1988), Conserving Natural Value (1997), and Genes, Genesis and God (1999). He is past president of the International Society for Environmental Ethics.

Features
  • Comprises both classic and cutting edge essays on topics ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems, to theories of the intrinsic value of nature
  • Presents important works on particular environmental issues, such as wilderness preservation and global climate change
  • Discusses alternatives to traditional environmental ethics, including deep ecology, ecofeminism, and environmental pragmatism
  • Additional editorial material provides a helpful overview of the field and points to new directions and controversies shaping the relationship between humans and nature into the future