Consequentialism and Environmental Ethics (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory) - Hardcover

Book 23 of 83: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
 
9780415823807: Consequentialism and Environmental Ethics (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415823803 ISBN 13: 9780415823807
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This volume works to connect issues in environmental ethics with the best work in contemporary normative theory. Environmental issues challenge contemporary ethical theorists to account for topics that traditional ethical theories do not address to any significant extent. This book articulates and evaluates consequentialist responses to that challenge. Contributors provide a thorough and well-rounded analysis of the benefits and limitations of the consequentialist perspective in addressing environmental issues. In particular, the contributors use consequentialist theory to address central questions in environmental ethics, such as questions about what kinds of things have value; about decision-making in light of the long-term, intergenerational nature of environmental issues; and about the role that a state’s being natural should play in ethical deliberation.

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About the Author

Avram Hiller is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University, USA

Ramona Ilea is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pacific University, USA

Leonard Kahn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415823803
ISBN 13 
9780415823807
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
212
Editor
Hiller Avram, Ilea Ramona, Kahn Leonard