
This is Environmental Ethics: An Introduction
WL Lee(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-119-12270-8 (ISBN)
Description
Provides students and scholars with a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental philosophy and ethics
Mitigating the effects of climate change will require global cooperation and lasting commitment. Of the many disciplines addressing the ecological crisis, philosophy is perhaps best suited to develop the conceptual foundations of a viable and sustainable environmental ethic. This is Environmental Ethics provides an expansive overview of the key theories underpinning contemporary discussions of our moral responsibilities to non-human nature and living creatures.
Adopting a critical approach, author Wendy Lynne Lee closely examines major moral theories to discern which ethic provides the compass needed to navigate the social, political, and economic challenges of potentially catastrophic environmental transformation, not only, but especially the climate crisis. Lee argues that the ethic ultimately adopted must make the welfare of non-human animals and plant life a priority in our moral decision-making, recognizing that ecological conditions form the existential conditions of all life on the planet. Throughout the text, detailed yet accessible chapters demonstrate why philosophy is relevant and useful in the face of an uncertain environmental future.
Questions which environmental theory might best address the environmental challenges of climate change and the potential for recurring pandemic
Discusses how inequalities of race, sex, gender, economic status, geography, and species impact our understanding of environmental dilemmas
Explores the role of moral principles in making decisions to resolve real-world dilemmas
Incorporates extensive critiques of moral extensionist and ecocentric arguments
Introduces cutting-edge work done by radical "deep green" writers, animal rights theorists, eco-phenomenologists, and ecofeminists
This is Environmental Ethics is essential reading for undergraduate students in courses on philosophy, geography, environmental studies, feminist theory, ecology, human and animal rights, and social justice, as well as an excellent graduate-level introduction to the key theories and thinkers of environmental philosophy.
Mitigating the effects of climate change will require global cooperation and lasting commitment. Of the many disciplines addressing the ecological crisis, philosophy is perhaps best suited to develop the conceptual foundations of a viable and sustainable environmental ethic. This is Environmental Ethics provides an expansive overview of the key theories underpinning contemporary discussions of our moral responsibilities to non-human nature and living creatures.
Adopting a critical approach, author Wendy Lynne Lee closely examines major moral theories to discern which ethic provides the compass needed to navigate the social, political, and economic challenges of potentially catastrophic environmental transformation, not only, but especially the climate crisis. Lee argues that the ethic ultimately adopted must make the welfare of non-human animals and plant life a priority in our moral decision-making, recognizing that ecological conditions form the existential conditions of all life on the planet. Throughout the text, detailed yet accessible chapters demonstrate why philosophy is relevant and useful in the face of an uncertain environmental future.
Questions which environmental theory might best address the environmental challenges of climate change and the potential for recurring pandemic
Discusses how inequalities of race, sex, gender, economic status, geography, and species impact our understanding of environmental dilemmas
Explores the role of moral principles in making decisions to resolve real-world dilemmas
Incorporates extensive critiques of moral extensionist and ecocentric arguments
Introduces cutting-edge work done by radical "deep green" writers, animal rights theorists, eco-phenomenologists, and ecofeminists
This is Environmental Ethics is essential reading for undergraduate students in courses on philosophy, geography, environmental studies, feminist theory, ecology, human and animal rights, and social justice, as well as an excellent graduate-level introduction to the key theories and thinkers of environmental philosophy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-12270-8 (9781119122708)
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Wendy Lynne Lee is a Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, where she has taught for over 30 years. She is the author of more than 45 scholarly essays in areas such as philosophy of mind, feminist theory, non-human animal welfare, ecological aesthetics, and philosophy of ecology. She has authored several books, including Eco-Nihilism: The Philosophical Geopolitics of the Climate Change Apocalypse, and contributed to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Oxford Bibliography.