This book is designed as a basic text for courses that are part of an interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. The intended reader is anyone who expects environmental stewardship to be an important part of his or her life, as a citizen, a policy maker, or an environmental management professional.  In addition to discussing major issues in environmental ethics, it invites readers to think about how an ethicist's perspective differs from the perspectives encountered in other environmental studies courses.  Additional topics covered include corporate social responsibility, ecological citizenship, property theory, and the concept of stewardship as a vocation.

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This book is designed as a basic text for courses that are part of an interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. In addition to discussing major issues in environmental ethics, it invites readers to think about how an ethicist's perspective differs from the perspectives encountered in other environmental studies courses.
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1.Introduction.- 2.Why Study Environmental Ethics?.- 3.Justice and Political Duties.- 4.Do We Have Duties to Nonhumans?.- 5.Do We Have Duties to Future Generations?.- 6.Property and Stewardship.- 7.Valuing Landscapes.- 8.Stewardship as a Vocation.
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This book is designed as a basic text for courses that are part of an interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. The intended reader is anyone who expects environmental stewardship to be an important part of his or her life, as a citizen, a policy maker, or an environmental management professional.  In addition to discussing major issues in environmental ethics, it invites readers to think about how an ethicist's perspective differs from the perspectives encountered in other environmental studies courses.  Additional topics covered include corporate social responsibility, ecological citizenship, property theory, and the concept of stewardship as a vocation.
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Provides an accessible introduction to major issues and debates in environmental ethics Includes discussion of contributions to environmental ethics from political theory and business ethics Addresses disciplinary conventions, terms borrowed from other fields, and other sources of cross-disciplinary confusion
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ISBN
9783319773940
Publisert
2018-04-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer International Publishing AG
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Upper undergraduate, UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Biographical note

Kimberly Smith is Professor of Environmental Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, teaching courses in political theory, constitutional law, environmental ethics and environmental politics.  She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  Her publications include African American Environmental Thought (University Press of Kansas, 2007) and Governing Animals: Animal Welfare and the Liberal State (Oxford University Press, 2012).