Environmental Ethics Today by Wenz
The world's economy expands, food production increases, and technology links people as never before. But the human population grows, rainforests decline, species become extinct, climate change threatens extreme weather, cancer kills more than ever, and nearly a billion people starve as the gap between rich and poor widens. Environmental Ethics Today addresses these matters by exploring beliefs of fact and value guiding human interactions with nature. The style is journalistic, featuring actual controversies and individual stories, but the content is philosophically rigorous. Abstract theories, ideas, and methods, such as utilitarianism, contractarianism, and hermeneutics are introduced as needed to understand and solve practical problems. Should respect for nature limit genetic engineering? Is economic growth the best measrure of progress or can materialism inhibit family values? Does globalization mostly help Third World countries or harm people and poor women? Are experiments on animals immoral? Is biodiversity valuable apart from any human advantage? Overall, does human welfare conflict with nature's integrity. Environmental Ethics Today considers many views including those of Aldo Leopold, Vandana Shiva, Garrett Hardin, Peter Singer, Julian Simon, David Korten, Jane Goodall, Holmes Rolston III, J. Baird Callicott, Karen Warren, Tom Regan, Val Plumwood, Wendell Berry, Father Thomas Berry, Daniel Quinn, and Arne Naess.
"One of the most comprehensive, balanced, and thought-provoking treatments of the subject I have ever readI particularly appreciate the inclusion of material on indigenous peoples and religious perspectives."--Lloyd Burton, University of Colorado at Denver "Comprehensive, up-to-date, and useful."--Joel B. Goldstein, University of Texas at Arlington "An engaging introduction to salient issues within the environmental movement. With "jargon-free" prose Professor Wenz challenges students to examine their own beliefs and values, and provides them with the necessary tools."--Thomas D. Kotulak, Indiana University Southeast
Wenz, Peter S.: - Peter S. Wenz is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Springfield and University Scholar at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates (MIT Press) and other books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195133844 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195133846 |
| Title | Environmental Ethics Today |
| Author | Wenz |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2000-12-14 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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