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| TITLE: |
Doing environmental ethics / Robert Traer. |
| AUTHOR: |
Traer, Robert. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2009. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xiv, 370 p. 23 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Learning from experience -- Moral philosophy : an adventure in reasoning -- Right and good -- Environmental ethics -- Learning from diverse theories -- Reasoning about our feelings -- Doing ethics together -- Ethics and science : moral consideration -- What we know and can't know -- An evolving theory of evolution -- Ecosystems and emergent properties -- Ascribing value to nature -- Ethics and economics : the common good -- Invisible hand? -- Economic and ethical issues -- Globalization and economic growth -- Green economics -- Constructing and testing ethical presumptions -- Duty : nature and future generations -- Doing our duty -- Right action -- Commanded by God : Jews and Muslims -- Government, land, and property -- Applying the golden rule -- Animals, species, ecosystems, and landscapes -- Character : ecological virtues -- Being a good person -- Christian stewardship -- Virtues : integrity, gratitude, and frugality |
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Respecting and appreciating nature -- Relationships: empathy and integrity -- Empathy is natural -- Culture and human nature -- Deep ecology -- Ecofeminism : a social ecology -- Ecological integrity -- Rights : humans and animals? -- Human rights law -- Environmental rights -- Animal rights? -- A rights strategy -- Consequences : predicting the future -- Utilitarianism -- Animal suffering -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Biocentric consequentialism -- Scientific consequences -- Worksheet -- Learning from nature -- Ecological living : sustainable consumption -- Duty : to reduce our consumption -- Character : consumer choices -- Relationships : our natural community -- Rights : to a healthy environment -- Consequences : sustainable consumption -- Environmental policy : governments, corporations, NGOS. |
| SUBJECT: |
Environmental ethics. |
| SUBJECT: |
Environmentalism --Moral and ethical aspects. |
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